Is Witch of the Moors good in Commander?

Witch of the Moors in Commander — Combos, Decks & Price

Witch of the Moors ends each of your end steps by draining an opponent, triggering any life-gain payoffs, and stripping a creature from their board — all on a 4/4 lifelink body that pads your life total every time it swings. Dina, Essence Brewer decks treat it as a cornerstone because it converts that drain into free damage; anywhere you're gaining life repeatedly, this card is doing three jobs at once.

Best Commanders

Commanders with the highest synergy

01

Dina, Essence Brewer

59.1% of decks · synergy 0.56

Dina, Essence Brewer turns every point of life Witch of the Moors drains into direct damage — the drain trigger fires, Dina pings, and you've advanced your win condition without casting another spell.

02

Olivia, Opulent Outlaw

41.6% of decks · synergy 0.41

Witch of the Moors reliably kills or shrinks opposing creatures at end step, which keeps the board clear for Olivia, Opulent Outlaw's attack triggers to connect and load up her Treasure-fueled engine.

03

Fumulus, the Infestation

41.3% of decks · synergy 0.37

Fumulus, the Infestation wants a steady stream of creatures dying on both sides of the table, and Witch of the Moors delivers a forced sacrifice every end step to keep that pipeline flowing.

04

Oloro, Ageless Ascetic

36.9% of decks · synergy 0.35

Oloro, Ageless Ascetic generates life-gain triggers from the command zone, and Witch of the Moors converts those triggers into a repeating drain-and-sacrifice clock that threatens the whole table.

05

Dina, Soul Steeper

36.2% of decks · synergy 0.33

Dina, Soul Steeper pings opponents whenever you gain life, so the lifelink on Witch of the Moors plus its end-step drain creates a two-vector damage source that compounds quickly in a long game.

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 Witch of the Moors earns its keep — a three-player table means the end-step drain hits multiple opponents, the forced sacrifice disrupts multiple boards, and lifegain synergy decks in black-green have no shortage of commanders that reward every trigger. In Legacy and Vintage it's technically legal but competes with formats that move too fast for a five-mana 4/4 with a delayed payoff; it simply doesn't slot into those shells. Witch of the Moors is a Commander card through and through, and the format rewards exactly the slow, grinding value engine it represents.

Key Combos

Combo lines featuring this card

Price Context

Current price

$0.49 bulk tier

At $0.49, Witch of the Moors sits firmly in bulk territory despite being a genuine engine piece in lifegain and sacrifice builds. That price makes it one of the better value pickups in its role — five mana for this much repeated board interaction rarely stays overlooked forever, and copies are easy to find in any bulk bin.