Host of the Hereafter
Tracked across real Commander games played through TurnZero HQ.
What it does
This creature enters with two +1/+1 counters on it.
Whenever this creature or another creature you control dies, if it had counters on it, put its counters on up to one target creature you control.
Combos with Host of the Hereafter
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.
- Hapatra, Vizier of Poisons Infinite
- Infinite creature LTB
- Infinite creature ETB
- Infinite death triggers
- Viscera Seer Infinite
- Infinite creature ETB
- Infinite creature LTB
- Infinite creature sacrifice triggers
- Infinite death triggers
- Infinite scry 1
- Basking Broodscale Arwen, Weaver of Hope Infinite
- Infinite +1/+1 counters on a creature
- Infinite colorless mana
- Infinite creature ETB
- Infinite creature LTB
- Infinite creature sacrifice triggers
- Infinite death triggers
- Evolution Witness Ashnod's Altar Infinite
- Infinite +1/+1 counters on a creature
- Infinite colorless mana
- Infinite creature ETB
- Infinite creature LTB
- Infinite creature sacrifice triggers
- Infinite death triggers
- Infinite storm count
- Viscera Seer Scurry Oak Infinite
- Infinite +1/+1 counters on a creature
- Infinite creature ETB
- Infinite creature LTB
- Infinite creature sacrifice triggers
- Infinite death triggers
- Infinite scry 1
- Basking Broodscale Cathars' Crusade Infinite
- Infinite +1/+1 counters on creatures you control
- Infinite colorless mana
- Infinite creature ETB
- Infinite creature LTB
- Infinite creature sacrifice triggers
- Infinite creature tokens
- Infinite death triggers
- Evolution Witness Phyrexian Altar Infinite
- Infinite +1/+1 counters on a creature
- Infinite creature ETB
- Infinite creature LTB
- Infinite creature sacrifice triggers
- Infinite death triggers
- Infinite storm count
Showing the 7 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.
Rulings
6 official rulings, in the order Wizards published them.
- 2025-04-04
If enough -1/-1 counters are put on a creature you control at the same time to make its toughness 0 or less, Host of the Hereafter’s last ability will see all of the +1/+1 counters it had when it died as well as the -1/-1 counters it had, and the same number of each of those types of counters (plus any other applicable counters) will be put onto the target creature.
- 2025-04-04
If the creature that died had -1/-1 counters on it when it died, Host of the Hereafter’s ability will put those on the target creature as well. This may result in the recipient of the counters also dying.
- 2025-04-04
Host of the Hereafter’s last ability puts all counters that were on the creature that died onto the target creature, not just its +1/+1 counters.
- 2025-04-04
Host of the Hereafter’s last ability doesn’t cause you to move counters from the creature that died onto the target creature. Rather, you put the same number of each kind of counter the creature had when it died onto the target creature.
- 2025-04-04
If Host of the Hereafter dies at the same time as one or more other creatures you control, Host of the Hereafter’s last ability triggers for each of those creatures that had counters on them, including itself if applicable.
- 2025-04-04
In some unusual cases, you may end up putting the appropriate counters on more than one permanent. For example, if you control The Ozolith and Host of the Hereafter when a creature you control with counters on it dies, you’ll put the appropriate number of each kind of counter onto both The Ozolith and the target creature.
Rulings are Wizards of the Coast's own, mirrored from Scryfall and refreshed nightly.
In the 99
Every deck whose current list includes Host of the Hereafter, whatever its commander.
Most played under
| Commander | Decks | Games | Win rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lathril, Blade of the Elves | 1 | 0 | — |
| Olag and Miau, New Friends | 1 | 0 | — |
Colors it shows up in
- Golgari 1 deck
- Abzan 1 deck
Host of the Hereafter price history
The Tarkir: Dragonstorm #193 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 | $0.25 | $0.35 |
| Nov 9, 2026 | $0.23 | $0.34 |
| Nov 8, 2026 | $0.25 | $0.34 |
| Nov 5, 2026 | $0.26 | $0.34 |
| Nov 4, 2026 | $0.24 | $0.33 |
| Nov 3, 2026 | $0.24 | $0.32 |
| Nov 2, 2026 | $0.27 | $0.32 |
| Oct 30, 2026 | $0.28 | $0.31 |
| Oct 29, 2026 | $0.27 | $0.30 |
| Oct 27, 2026 | $0.26 | $0.30 |
| Oct 24, 2026 | $0.27 | $0.30 |
| Oct 23, 2026 | $0.26 | $0.30 |
| Oct 22, 2026 | $0.28 | $0.30 |
| Oct 21, 2026 | $0.30 | $0.30 |
| Oct 19, 2026 | $0.30 | $0.29 |
| Oct 18, 2026 | $0.30 | $0.30 |
| Oct 14, 2026 | $0.29 | $0.30 |
| Oct 13, 2026 | $0.28 | $0.30 |
| Oct 12, 2026 | $0.29 | $0.30 |
| Oct 10, 2026 | $0.30 | $0.30 |
| Oct 9, 2026 | $0.32 | $0.31 |
| Oct 8, 2026 | $0.30 | $0.31 |
| Oct 5, 2026 | $0.29 | $0.32 |
| Oct 4, 2026 | $0.27 | $0.32 |
| Oct 2, 2026 | $0.24 | $0.32 |
| Oct 1, 2026 | $0.25 | $0.32 |
| Sep 30, 2026 | $0.26 | $0.32 |
| Sep 29, 2026 | $0.24 | $0.31 |
| Sep 28, 2026 | $0.23 | $0.34 |
A row is recorded only on nights the price moved, so each price held until the row above it.
Every version of Host of the Hereafter
1 printing, 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.
- Normal
- $0.25
- Foil
- $0.35
Prices from Scryfall, which tracks the TCGplayer and Cardmarket markets. They move daily and are a guide rather than a quote. Search TCGplayer for Host of the Hereafter. 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.
