Eater of the Dead
Tracked across real Commander games played through TurnZero HQ.
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What it does
0: If this creature is tapped, exile target creature card from a graveyard and untap this creature.
Combos with Eater of the Dead
Lines this card is part of — what it needs alongside it, and what the two of them do. An infinite result is the one that moves a deck's bracket.
- Phenax, God of Deception Infinite
- Near-infinite mill
- Near-infinite self-mill
- Viridian Longbow Infinite
- Destroy each creature that enters the battlefield under an opponent's control
- Destroy any number of creatures opponents control
- Lock
- Crackdown Construct Infinite
- Infinitely large creature until end of turn
- Viridian Longbow Basilisk Collar Infinite
- Destroy each creature that enters the battlefield under an opponent's control
- Destroy any number of creatures opponents control
- Lock
- Viridian Longbow Quietus Spike Infinite
- Destroy each creature that enters the battlefield under an opponent's control
- Destroy any number of creatures opponents control
- Lock
Combo data from Commander Spellbook, the community-maintained database of Magic combos. Mirrored nightly.
Rulings
2 official rulings, in the order Wizards published them.
- 2004-10-04
It untaps during the resolution of its ability.
- 2007-09-16
You can activate the ability whether or not Eater of the Dead is tapped. However, if Eater of the Dead is untapped when the ability resolves, the ability won't do anything.
Rulings are Wizards of the Coast's own, mirrored from Scryfall and refreshed nightly.
In the 99
Every deck whose current list includes Eater of the Dead, whatever its commander.
Most played under
| Commander | Decks | Games | Win rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fire Lord Zuko | 2 | 14 | 28.6% |
Colors it shows up in
- Mardu 2 decks
Every version of Eater of the Dead
2 printings, newest first. Prices are the market figures Scryfall publishes, refreshed nightly — a printing with no figure shows a dash rather than a zero, because Scryfall genuinely publishes none for some of them.
Mystery Booster 2
- Normal
- $0.73
- Foil
- $8.60
The Dark
- Normal
- $5.13
Prices from Scryfall, which tracks the TCGplayer and Cardmarket markets. They move daily and are a guide rather than a quote. Search TCGplayer for Eater of the Dead — a name search across every version, for the printings TCGplayer publishes no direct link to.
Aggregated from Commander games tracked in TurnZero HQ. Every figure counts decks and games only — no individual deck list, player or playgroup is identified. Win rates are withheld below 5 completed games, where the sample is too small to mean anything.
