Voodoo Doll
Artifact
At the beginning of your upkeep, put a pin counter on this artifact.
At the beginning of your end step, if this artifact is untapped, destroy this artifact and it deals damage to you equal to the number of pin counters on it.
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: This artifact deals damage equal to the number of pin counters on it to any target. X is the number of pin counters on this artifact.
- CMC
- 6
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- C
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- Masters Edition III
- Price
- —
- EDHREC rank
- #27988
Voodoo Doll is a slow, fragile threat that demands you untap with it repeatedly just to threaten a kill — and if you ever stop paying its upkeep cost, it kills you instead. The ceiling is real but the floor is catastrophic, and almost every Commander deck has better ways to remove a problem permanent.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | not legal |
| pioneer | not legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Voodoo Doll is a Legacy and Vintage-legal curiosity that sees essentially zero competitive play in either format — the cost structure is too punishing and the payoff too slow when fast interaction and combo exist everywhere. Commander is where Voodoo Doll gets the most runway, since slower games and multiplayer politics give it time to accumulate counters, but even there it asks too much setup for too little reliability. Oathbreaker's tighter game length makes the multi-upkeep charge-up even harder to execute meaningfully.
Key Combos
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Price Context
Current price
unknown tier
Pricing data for Voodoo Doll isn't currently available, so check Scryfall or TCGPlayer for the latest figures. Given its niche appeal and lack of competitive demand, it typically moves as a casual or collection piece rather than a staple.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.