#1
Y'shtola, Night's Blessed
· $5.23
Y'shtola, Night's Blessed is a four-mana Esper legendary with vigilance, so it can attack and still stay back to block.
Best Esper Commanders (White-Blue-Black)
The esper commanders worth building, from fan favourites to tournament winners and budget gems. Other colors →
👑 Most popular Esper commanders
#2
Zur the Enchanter
· $1.37
Flying Whenever Zur attacks, you may search your library for an enchantment card with mana value 3 or less, put it onto the battlefield, then shuffle.
#3
Hashaton, Scarab's Fist
· $1.03
Whenever you discard a creature card, you may pay {2}{U}. If you do, create a tapped token that's a copy of that card, except it's a 4/4 black Zombie.
#4
Zur, Eternal Schemer
· $3.87
Flying Enchantment creatures you control have deathtouch, lifelink, and hexproof. {1}{W}: Target non-Aura enchantment you control becomes a creature in addition to its other types and has base power and base toughness ea
#5
Tivit, Seller of Secrets
· $11.69
Flying, ward {3} Council's dilemma — Whenever Tivit enters or deals combat damage to a player, starting with you, each player votes for evidence or bribery. For each evidence vote, investigate. For each bribery vote, cre
#6
Aminatou, the Fateshifter
· $21.67
+1: Draw a card, then put a card from your hand on top of your library. −1: Exile another target permanent you own, then return it to the battlefield under your control. −6: Choose left or right. Each player gains contro
#7
Raffine, Scheming Seer
· $9.25
Flying, ward {1} Whenever you attack, target attacking creature connives X, where X is the number of attacking creatures. (Draw X cards, then discard X cards. Put a +1/+1 counter on that creature for each nonland card di
#8
Queza, Augur of Agonies
· $0.37
Whenever you draw a card, target opponent loses 1 life and you gain 1 life.
#9
Urza, Chief Artificer
· $5.50
Affinity for artifact creatures (This spell costs {1} less to cast for each artifact creature you control.) Artifact creatures you control have menace. At the beginning of your end step, create a 0/0 colorless Construct
#10
Temmet, Naktamun's Will
· $0.43
Vigilance, menace Whenever you attack, draw a card, then discard a card. Whenever you draw a card, Zombies you control get +1/+1 until end of turn.
#11
Marneus Calgar
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Double strike Master Tactician — Whenever one or more tokens you control enter, draw a card. Chapter Master — {6}: Create two 2/2 white Astartes Warrior creature tokens with vigilance.
#12
Alela, Artful Provocateur
· $1.39
Flying, deathtouch, lifelink Other creatures you control with flying get +1/+0. Whenever you cast an artifact or enchantment spell, create a 1/1 blue Faerie creature token with flying.
💪 Strongest in competitive play
From our cEDH power ranking (real tournament results, last 90 days).
- Tivit, Seller of Secrets — #20 overall · 54 top cuts, 5 wins
- Malcolm, Keen-Eyed Navigator / Tymna the Weaver — #35 overall · 19 top cuts, 5 wins
- Marneus Calgar — #42 overall · 29 top cuts, 4 wins
- Hashaton, Scarab's Fist — #58 overall · 17 top cuts, 2 wins
- Zur the Enchanter — #87 overall · 8 top cuts, 1 wins
- Esior, Wardwing Familiar / Tymna the Weaver — #116 overall · 3 top cuts, 1 wins
🪙 Budget picks (commander under $3)
The Master of Keys
· $2.16
Flying When The Master of Keys enters, put X +1/+1 counters on it and mill twice X cards. Each enchantment card in your graveyard has escape. The escape cost is equal to the card's mana cost plus exile three other cards
Aminatou, Veil Piercer
· $0.65
At the beginning of your upkeep, surveil 2. (Look at the top two cards of your library, then put any number of them into your graveyard and the rest on top of your library in any order.) Each enchantment card in your han
G'raha Tia, Scion Reborn
· $0.76
Lifelink Throw Wide the Gates — Whenever you cast a noncreature spell, you may pay X life, where X is that spell's mana value. If you do, create a 1/1 colorless Hero creature token and put X +1/+1 counters on it. Do this
Sharuum the Hegemon
· $0.47
Flying When Sharuum enters, you may return target artifact card from your graveyard to the battlefield.
Elenda and Azor
· $0.80
Flying, ward {2} Whenever Elenda and Azor attacks, you may pay {X}{W}{U}{B}. If you do, draw X cards. At the beginning of each end step, you may pay 4 life. If you do, create a number of 1/1 black Vampire Knight creature
Arna Kennerüd, Skycaptain
· $0.43
Flying, lifelink Ward—Discard a card. Whenever a modified creature you control attacks, double the number of each kind of counter on it. Then for each nontoken permanent attached to it, create a token that's a copy of th
✨ New Esper commanders
The Ur-Sphinx
· $0.85 · from Reality Fracture Commander
Eminence — As long as The Ur-Sphinx is in the command zone or on the battlefield, other Sphinx spells you cast cost {1} less to cast. Flying Whenever one or more Sphinxes you control attack, each player mills that many c
Lyna, Veil of Vengeance
· $15.95 · from Mystery Booster Commander Edition
Shadow (This creature can block or be blocked by only creatures with shadow.) Whenever a creature you control with shadow deals combat damage to a player, draw a card. {3}: Put a shadow counter on another target creature
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