Vassal Soul
Creature — Spirit
Flying
- CMC
- 3
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- UW
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Return to Ravnica
- Price
- $0.03
- EDHREC rank
- #29819
Vassal Soul is a 2/2 flying Spirit for three mana across two colors — playable stats, relevant creature type, zero additional value. It sees play exclusively in decks that care about Spirit tribal synergies, and even there it competes with cheaper or more impactful options.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Vassal Soul is legal in Commander, Legacy, Modern, Pioneer, Vintage, Pauper, and Oathbreaker, but competitive presence across all of them is negligible. In Pauper it at least exists in a lower-power environment where a 2/2 flyer for three isn't automatically outclassed, but even there better commons fill the slot. Commander is where Vassal Soul gets the most traction — Spirit tribal decks led by commanders like Kykar, Wind's Fury or Millicent, Restless Revenant want bodies with the right creature type, and it delivers that at the absolute floor of contribution. Don't run it outside a tribal shell.
Key Combos
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Price Context
Current price
$0.03 bulk tier
At $0.03, Vassal Soul is deep bulk — the kind of card you find in a collection box, not a store display. That price reflects its ceiling: there's no meaningful demand driver that would move it, so pick it up for free out of a trade binder and don't think twice about it.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.