Winter, Cynical Opportunist
Legendary Creature — Human Warlock
Deathtouch
Whenever Winter attacks, mill three cards.
Delirium — At the beginning of your end step, you may exile any number of cards from your graveyard with four or more card types among them. If you do, put a permanent card from among them onto the battlefield with a finality counter on it.
- CMC
- 4
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- BG
- Rarity
- mythic
- Set
- Duskmourn: House of Horror Commander
- Price
- $0.37
- EDHREC rank
- #9080
Winter, Cynical Opportunist hits the board as a flash 2/1 that draws a card whenever an opponent loses life for the first time each turn — a continuous draw engine that punishes every shock, fetchland, and ping. Winter, Misanthropic Guide is the obvious home, but any black deck that pokes opponents repeatedly will find this card pulling serious weight.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Winter, Misanthropic Guide
Winter, Misanthropic Guide's ability to drain opponents on a schedule turns Winter, Cynical Opportunist into a guaranteed card-per-turn engine, making the two essentially inseparable in competitive builds of that deck.
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 |
Commander is where Winter, Cynical Opportunist earns its keep — four opponents means four triggers per round, and the format's density of fetchlands, shocklands, and incidental life-loss effects makes the draw engine nearly free to activate. Legacy and Vintage allow it but lack the consistent multi-opponent life-loss density that makes it genuinely threatening, so it won't see meaningful play there. Oathbreaker can replicate the Commander dynamic at a smaller table, and the flash text means it slips in at end of turn to immediately threaten value next round.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.37 bulk tier
At $0.37, Winter, Cynical Opportunist sits firmly in bulk territory despite being a legitimate engine piece in the right shell. Bulk rares with narrow commander synergies tend to stay cheap, so pick up copies now if you're building around life-loss strategies — there's little financial risk at this price point.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.