Harsh Mentor
Tracked across real Commander games played through TurnZero HQ.
What it does
Whenever an opponent activates an ability of an artifact, creature, or land on the battlefield, if it isn't a mana ability, this creature deals 2 damage to that player.
Rulings
3 official rulings, in the order Wizards published them.
- 2017-04-18
Harsh Mentor's ability resolves before the ability that caused it to trigger.
- 2017-04-18
Harsh Mentor's ability doesn't trigger when an opponent activates an ability of a card in hand (such as cycling) or a card in a graveyard (such as embalm), even if that causes a card to be put onto the battlefield.
- 2017-04-18
Activated abilities contain a colon. They're generally written "[Cost]: [Effect]." Some keyword abilities (such as equip) are activated abilities and will have colons in their reminder text. An activated mana ability is one that produces mana as it resolves, not one that costs mana to activate. Notably, exerting a creature isn't an activated ability.
Rulings are Wizards of the Coast's own, mirrored from Scryfall and refreshed nightly.
In the 99
Every deck whose current list includes Harsh Mentor, whatever its commander.
Most played under
| Commander | Decks | Games | Win rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| Valgavoth, Harrower of Souls | 4 | 1 | — |
| Solphim, Mayhem Dominus | 1 | 4 | — |
| Éowyn, Shieldmaiden | 1 | 0 | — |
Colors it shows up in
- Rakdos 4 decks
- Mono-Red 1 deck
- Jeskai 1 deck
Harsh Mentor price history
The Duskmourn: House of Horror Commander #165 printing, as Scryfall reports the TCGplayer market. Updated nightly. Click any version below to chart its price.
Every recorded price change
| Date | Non-foil |
|---|---|
| Nov 11, 2026 | $0.36 |
| Nov 7, 2026 | $0.35 |
| Nov 4, 2026 | $0.36 |
| Nov 3, 2026 | $0.37 |
| Oct 26, 2026 | $0.36 |
| Oct 17, 2026 | $0.35 |
| Oct 16, 2026 | $0.36 |
| Oct 14, 2026 | $0.35 |
| Oct 10, 2026 | $0.36 |
| Oct 9, 2026 | $0.37 |
| Oct 6, 2026 | $0.35 |
| Oct 2, 2026 | $0.36 |
| Sep 29, 2026 | $0.37 |
| Sep 28, 2026 | $0.30 |
A row is recorded only on nights the price moved, so each price held until the row above it.
Every version of Harsh Mentor
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.
Duskmourn: House of Horror Commander
- Normal
- $0.36
Tales of Middle-earth Commander
- Normal
- $0.37
- Normal
- $0.30
- Foil
- $2.50
Promo
Amonkhet Promos
- Foil
- $10.78
Prices from Scryfall, which tracks the TCGplayer and Cardmarket markets. They move daily and are a guide rather than a quote. Search TCGplayer for Harsh Mentor. 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.
