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The Haunt of Hightower
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The Haunt of Hightower

{4}{B}{B}

Legendary Creature — Vampire

Flying, lifelink

Whenever The Haunt of Hightower attacks, defending player discards a card.

Whenever a card is put into an opponent's graveyard from anywhere, put a +1/+1 counter on The Haunt of Hightower.

It drains vitality from those it touches.

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FlyingLifelink
Set
The List (PLST #RNA-273)
Rarity
Mythic
Mana value
6
Released
2024-08-02
Artist
Lius Lasahido
EDHREC rank
#7,167
Colour identity
{B}
Finishes
Nonfoil
Served from
Local database

Commander bracket

1 +
Fits any bracket
No Game Changer, land denial, extra turns or two-card combos.

Derived from card traits, not a ruling — bracket rules turn on how a deck intends to use a card. Bracket rules

EDHREC

Salt Score 0.64
How much players resent seeing this card. The scale tops out around 3.1.
Can be your commander

Combos

Not part of any combo on Commander Spellbook.

Commander recommendations

Top synergy 50

Played far more in this commander's decks than elsewhere.

  1. Waste Not 65 %+54.8 %
  2. Vicious Rumors 58 %+52.7 %
  3. Geth's Grimoire 57 %+49.9 %
  4. Mindcrank 54 %+48.5 %
  5. Syphon Mind 59 %+46.9 %
  6. Dark Deal 57 %+46.5 %
  7. Arterial Flow 48 %+45.6 %
  8. Sangromancer 54 %+44.3 %
  9. Painful Quandary 51 %+40.5 %
  10. Grisly Spectacle 40 %+39.1 %
  11. Trepanation Blade 38 %+37.6 %
  12. Fell Specter 41 %+37.6 %
  13. Mindwrack Harpy 37 %+36.2 %
  14. Geier Reach Sanitarium 47 %+36.0 %
  15. Raiders' Wake 39 %+36.0 %
  16. Burglar Rat 45 %+34.6 %
  17. Breach the Multiverse 40 %+33.9 %
  18. Unseal the Necropolis 35 %+33.8 %
  19. Liliana's Caress 39 %+33.4 %
  20. Megrim 37 %+31.8 %
  21. Rankle, Master of Pranks 43 %+31.6 %
  22. Dread Summons 34 %+31.6 %
  23. Tourach, Dread Cantor 36 %+31.5 %
  24. Virus Beetle 37 %+30.9 %
  25. Elderfang Disciple 37 %+30.7 %
  26. Aclazotz, Deepest Betrayal 35 %+28.9 %
  27. The Raven Man 34 %+28.2 %
  28. Rogue's Passage 47 %+27.3 %
  29. Syr Konrad, the Grim 47 %+27.0 %
  30. Plaguecrafter 46 %+25.9 %
  31. Altar of the Brood 27 %+25.5 %
  32. Swiftfoot Boots 57 %+25.3 %
  33. Necrogoyf 29 %+24.7 %
  34. Bloodchief Ascension 34 %+24.5 %
  35. Whispersilk Cloak 30 %+23.9 %
  36. Bandit's Talent 29 %+23.7 %
  37. Tinybones, Bauble Burglar 26 %+22.6 %
  38. The Eldest Reborn 25 %+21.8 %
  39. Mesmeric Orb 25 %+21.6 %
  40. Hypnotic Specter 24 %+21.0 %
  41. Eye Collector 21 %+19.9 %
  42. Tergrid, God of Fright 26 %+18.8 %
  43. Liliana's Specter 21 %+18.6 %
  44. Sheoldred 24 %+18.4 %
  45. Tinybones, Trinket Thief 22 %+17.9 %
  46. Oppression 25 %+17.5 %
  47. The Master of Lake-town 20 %+17.2 %
  48. Mindslicer 21 %+16.8 %
  49. Ghoulcaller's Bell 18 %+16.6 %
  50. Stronghold Rats 20 %+16.2 %

Most included 50

Highest share of decks running them, distinctive or not.

  1. Swamp 94 %-1.5 %
  2. Sol Ring 81 %-4.1 %
  3. Waste Not 65 %+54.8 %
  4. Arcane Signet 65 %+3.3 %
  5. Dark Ritual 61 %-6.5 %
  6. Jet Medallion 60 %-2.5 %
  7. Syphon Mind 59 %+46.9 %
  8. Vicious Rumors 58 %+52.7 %
  9. Dark Deal 57 %+46.5 %
  10. Swiftfoot Boots 57 %+25.3 %
  11. Geth's Grimoire 57 %+49.9 %
  12. Cabal Coffers 56 %+1.0 %
  13. Sangromancer 54 %+44.3 %
  14. Mindcrank 54 %+48.5 %
  15. Crypt Ghast 53 %+5.8 %
  16. Painful Quandary 51 %+40.5 %
  17. Bojuka Bog 50 %+2.4 %
  18. Arterial Flow 48 %+45.6 %
  19. Feed the Swarm 48 %-2.2 %
  20. Syr Konrad, the Grim 47 %+27.0 %
  21. Rogue's Passage 47 %+27.3 %
  22. Geier Reach Sanitarium 47 %+36.0 %
  23. Plaguecrafter 46 %+25.9 %
  24. Burglar Rat 45 %+34.6 %
  25. Lightning Greaves 44 %+10.1 %
  26. Rankle, Master of Pranks 43 %+31.6 %
  27. Cabal Stronghold 43 %+8.7 %
  28. Mind Stone 42 %+14.2 %
  29. Fell Specter 41 %+37.6 %
  30. Sign in Blood 41 %+6.0 %
  31. Breach the Multiverse 40 %+33.9 %
  32. Grisly Spectacle 40 %+39.1 %
  33. Raiders' Wake 39 %+36.0 %
  34. Liliana's Caress 39 %+33.4 %
  35. Phyrexian Arena 38 %-1.4 %
  36. Trepanation Blade 38 %+37.6 %
  37. Mindwrack Harpy 37 %+36.2 %
  38. Virus Beetle 37 %+30.9 %
  39. Gray Merchant of Asphodel 37 %-12.8 %
  40. Elderfang Disciple 37 %+30.7 %
  41. Megrim 37 %+31.8 %
  42. Defile 36 %+1.0 %
  43. Charcoal Diamond 36 %+14.7 %
  44. Tourach, Dread Cantor 36 %+31.5 %
  45. Unseal the Necropolis 35 %+33.8 %
  46. Aclazotz, Deepest Betrayal 35 %+28.9 %
  47. Dread Summons 34 %+31.6 %
  48. Bloodchief Ascension 34 %+24.5 %
  49. The Raven Man 34 %+28.2 %
  50. Toxic Deluge 32 %-4.4 %

Format legality

Standard Not legal
Pioneer Legal
Modern Legal
Legacy Legal
Vintage Legal
Pauper Not legal
Commander Legal
Oathbreaker Legal
Duel Commander Legal
Brawl Legal
Standard Brawl Not legal
Historic Legal
Timeless Legal
Alchemy Not legal
Penny Legal
Premodern Not legal
PreDH Not legal
Pauper EDH Not legal
Old School Not legal
Future Not legal
Gladiator Legal
All printingsScryfall ↗Edhrec ↗

Rulings

  • 2019-01-25

    If The Haunt of Hightower is attacking a planeswalker, the controller of the planeswalker is the defending player.

  • 2019-01-25

    The Haunt of Hightower's last ability won't trigger when a token is put into an opponent's graveyard.

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