Unliving Psychopath
Creature — Zombie Assassin
: This creature gets +1/-1 until end of turn., 
: Destroy target creature with power less than this creature's power.
- CMC
- 4
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- B
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- Dissension
- Price
- $0.30
- EDHREC rank
- #27425
Unliving Psychopath is a 1/1 black Zombie Assassin that can pay mana to grow indefinitely and then shrink back down to destroy a creature with power less than or equal to its own — a repeatable, scalable removal engine stapled to a creature. The mana investment is real, but in the right shell it clears blockers and closes games without spending a card.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | not legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Unliving Psychopath is legal in Commander, Legacy, Modern, Vintage, and Oathbreaker, but sees virtually no competitive play in Legacy, Modern, or Vintage — formats too fast to let a creature sit and accumulate activations. Commander is its natural home, where slow-burn value engines are rewarded and multiplayer politics means removing the right threat at the right moment matters more than raw efficiency. In Oathbreaker, the compressed game speed makes it a fringe consideration at best.
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Price Context
Current price
$0.30 bulk tier
At $0.30, Unliving Psychopath sits firmly in bulk territory — easy to acquire as a throw-in or cheap single. Bulk rares rarely appreciate unless they spike in a popular format, and this one's ceiling is defined entirely by niche Commander demand.
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.