Wailing Ghoul
Creature — Zombie
When this creature enters, mill two cards. (Put the top two cards of your library into your graveyard.)
- CMC
- 2
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- B
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Jumpstart 2022
- Price
- $0.22
- EDHREC rank
- #19082
Wailing Ghoul enters the battlefield and mills two cards — functional graveyard setup stapled to a 1/3 body for two mana. It's a filler piece that earns its slot only in dedicated self-mill or Zombie tribal shells where every mill trigger has downstream payoffs.
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 |
In Commander, Wailing Ghoul is a role-player in Zombie tribal decks and self-mill strategies that want cheap, repeatable ways to stock the graveyard — commanders like Wilhelt, the Rotcleaver or The Scarab God get real mileage from the trigger. In Pauper it's legal but never sees play; commons that mill two at common are competing against more efficient options. Legacy, Vintage, and Modern all have access to far more powerful mill and graveyard tools, so Wailing Ghoul doesn't register. It's a Commander-or-nothing card.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.22 bulk tier
At $0.22, Wailing Ghoul is deep bulk — you'll find it in common boxes at any LGS for less than the listed price. There's no financial upside here; it's a pickup-and-sleeve card for a specific deck slot, not something that moves.
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.