Vedalken Ghoul
Creature — Vedalken Zombie
Whenever this creature becomes blocked, defending player loses 4 life.
- CMC
- 2
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- BU
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Alara Reborn
- Price
- $0.18
- EDHREC rank
- #26412
Vedalken Ghoul makes any player who attacks you lose 1 life — a minor deterrent stapled to a 2/1 body for two mana that rarely changes the math of a game. It's too narrow and too low-impact to earn a slot in most lists.
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 | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Vedalken Ghoul is legal in Commander, Legacy, Modern, Vintage, Pauper, and Oathbreaker, but seeing play in essentially none of them. In Commander, the life-loss trigger is too small to deter dedicated attackers and the body dies to any incidental creature trade. In Pauper, where two-mana creatures need to do real work, a 2/1 that pings for 1 on attacks can't compete with the format's efficient threats and removal. Legacy and Vintage are non-starters — the card doesn't touch the fundamental axes those formats care about.
Key Combos
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Price Context
Current price
$0.18 bulk tier
At $0.18, Vedalken Ghoul is deep bulk — the price reflects exactly what the market thinks of it. Don't expect movement; there's no spike-worthy application waiting to be discovered.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.