Geralf's Messenger
Tracked across real Commander games played through TurnZero HQ.
What it does
This creature enters tapped.
When this creature enters, target opponent loses 2 life.
Undying (When this creature dies, if it had no +1/+1 counters on it, return it to the battlefield under its owner's control with a +1/+1 counter on it.)
Combos with Geralf's Messenger
The lines this card is part of, what it needs alongside it, and what the cards do together. An infinite result is the one that moves a deck's bracket.
- Eirdu, Carrier of Dawn // Isilu, Carrier of Twilight Viscera Seer Infinite
- Infinite creature ETB
- Infinite creature LTB
- Infinite death triggers
- Infinite lifeloss
- Infinite creature sacrifice triggers
- Infinite scry 1
- Ghave, Guru of Spores Phyrexian Altar Infinite
- Infinite colored mana
- Infinite creature tokens
- Infinite death triggers
- Infinite creature ETB
- Infinite lifeloss
- Infinite creature LTB
- Infinite creature sacrifice triggers
- Infinite +1/+1 counters on creatures you control
- Ghave, Guru of Spores Cryptic Trilobite Infinite
- Infinite colorless mana that can only be spent to activate abilities
- Infinite creature tokens
- Infinite creature ETB
- Infinite lifeloss
- Infinite creature LTB
- Infinite +1/+1 counters on creatures you control
- Champion of the Weird Vein Ripper Infinite
- Infinite -1/-1 counters
- Infinite creature ETB
- Infinite creature LTB
- Infinite death triggers
- Infinite lifegain triggers
- Infinite lifeloss
- Infinite creature sacrifice triggers
- Skeleton Ship Intruder Alarm Ashnod's Altar Infinite
- Infinite colorless mana
- Infinite death triggers
- Infinite creature ETB
- Infinite lifeloss
- Infinite creature LTB
- Infinite mana creatures you control can produce
- Infinite creature sacrifice triggers
- Infinite untap of creatures
- Skeleton Ship Intruder Alarm Viscera Seer Infinite
- Infinite death triggers
- Infinite creature ETB
- Infinite lifeloss
- Infinite creature LTB
- Infinite mana creatures you control can produce
- Infinite creature sacrifice triggers
- Infinite scry 1
- Infinite untap of creatures
- Skeleton Ship Intruder Alarm Carrion Feeder Infinite
- Infinite +1/+1 counters on a creature
- Infinite death triggers
- Infinite creature ETB
- Infinite lifeloss
- Infinite creature LTB
- Infinite mana creatures you control can produce
- Infinite creature sacrifice triggers
- Infinite untap of creatures
- Skeleton Ship Intruder Alarm Phyrexian Altar Infinite
- Infinite colored mana
- Infinite death triggers
- Infinite creature ETB
- Infinite lifeloss
- Infinite creature LTB
- Infinite mana creatures you control can produce
- Infinite creature sacrifice triggers
- Infinite untap of creatures
Showing the 8 shortest and most explosive. This card appears in more than these. Follow any of them through to Commander Spellbook to browse the rest.
Combo data from Commander Spellbook, the community-maintained database of Magic combos. Mirrored nightly.
In the 99
Every deck whose current list includes Geralf's Messenger, whatever its commander.
Most played under
| Commander | Decks | Games | Win rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yawgmoth, Thran Physician | 1 | 0 | — |
Colors it shows up in
- Mono-Black 1 deck
Geralf's Messenger price history
The Dark Ascension #63 printing, as Scryfall reports the TCGplayer market. Updated nightly. Click any version below to chart its price.
Every recorded price change
| Date | Non-foil | Foil |
|---|---|---|
| Nov 11, 2026 | $2.40 | $15.47 |
| Nov 10, 2026 | $2.25 | $13.50 |
| Nov 9, 2026 | $2.34 | $13.50 |
| Nov 7, 2026 | $2.29 | $13.50 |
| Nov 6, 2026 | $2.40 | $13.50 |
| Nov 5, 2026 | $2.43 | $13.50 |
| Nov 4, 2026 | $2.38 | $13.50 |
| Nov 2, 2026 | $2.18 | $13.50 |
| Oct 31, 2026 | $2.23 | $13.50 |
| Oct 30, 2026 | $2.17 | $13.50 |
| Oct 29, 2026 | $2.08 | $13.50 |
| Oct 26, 2026 | $2.25 | $13.50 |
| Oct 24, 2026 | $2.33 | $13.50 |
| Oct 23, 2026 | $2.38 | $13.50 |
| Oct 21, 2026 | $2.37 | $13.50 |
| Oct 20, 2026 | $2.37 | $15.14 |
| Oct 19, 2026 | $2.20 | $13.60 |
| Oct 17, 2026 | $2.26 | $12.75 |
| Oct 16, 2026 | $2.30 | $12.75 |
| Oct 14, 2026 | $2.28 | $12.75 |
| Oct 13, 2026 | $2.46 | $12.75 |
| Oct 12, 2026 | $2.46 | $12.04 |
| Oct 10, 2026 | $2.73 | $12.04 |
| Oct 6, 2026 | $2.59 | $12.04 |
| Oct 5, 2026 | $2.74 | $11.43 |
| Oct 4, 2026 | $2.76 | $11.43 |
| Oct 2, 2026 | $2.81 | $11.43 |
| Oct 1, 2026 | $2.85 | $11.24 |
| Sep 30, 2026 | $2.95 | $11.24 |
| Sep 28, 2026 | $3.21 | $10.69 |
A row is recorded only on nights the price moved, so each price held until the row above it.
Every version of Geralf's Messenger
4 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 publishes none for some of them. Click a card's art to chart that version's price above.
Secret Lair Drop
- Foil
- $11.32
Secret Lair Drop
- Normal
- $3.46
- Foil
- $3.45
- Normal
- $5.40
- Normal
- $2.40
- Foil
- $15.47
Prices from Scryfall, which tracks the TCGplayer and Cardmarket markets. They move daily and are a guide rather than a quote. Search TCGplayer for Geralf's Messenger. It runs a name search across every version, which covers 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.
