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Geralf's Messenger

First printed in Dark Ascension (2012)

All 4 prints

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  • Secret Lair Drop (SLD) #842, 2025
  • Secret Lair Drop (SLD) #9997, 2022
  • The List (PLST) #DKA-63, 2021
  • Dark Ascension (DKA) #63, 2012

Geralf's Messenger

Creature — Zombie

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.)

3/2

Illustrated by
Kev Walker

Legality

Legal in
Modern, Legacy, Vintage, Penny Dreadful, Commander, Duel Commander, Tiny Leaders, Oathbreaker
Not legal in
Standard, Pioneer, Pauper, Future Standard, Historic, Timeless, Alchemy, Premodern, Old School 93/94, Gladiator, Pauper Commander, PreDH, Brawl, Standard Brawl, Competitive Brawl

Prices

MTGO price: 0.006 TIX, the cheapest non-foil print (average sell price on GoatBots, 31 Oct 2026).

Combos

36 combos, the most popular first:

See all 36 on Commander Spellbook

Commander In 7 of 6640 decks (0.1%), most in Tayam, Luminous Enigma
Share of decks
0.1%
▼ 0.1 vs previous 30 days
2026-08-16: 0.0% 2026-08-23: 0.1% 2026-08-30: 0.1% 2026-09-06: 0.1% 2026-09-13: 0.2% 2026-09-20: 0.2% 2026-09-27: 0.3% 2026-10-04: 0.1% 2026-10-11: 0.0% 2026-10-18: 0.1% 2026-10-25: 0.3%
Weekly, last 90 days
Decks
7
7 main, 0 sideboard
Avg. copies
1.0
in the main deck
Win rate
20%
2 top 8 (challenges only)

Archetypes by metagame share

Archetype Meta Play it
Tayam, Luminous Enigma 1.9% 1%
Yawgmoth, Thran Physician 0.1% 100%

Played together with

Card Together Lift
Urza's Saga100%4.1
Orcish Bowmasters100%3.0
Mox Diamond100%1.2
Ancient Tomb100%1.1
Chrome Mox100%1.1
Lotus Petal100%1.1
Gemstone Caverns100%1.1
Sol Ring100%1.0
Hancock, Ghoulish Mayor86%948.6
Butcher Ghoul86%632.4

Best win rate

DeckRecord
Yawgmoth, Thran Physician
Michael Jordan in BellsCon CEDH Tournament		 1-4
20%

Challenges only: MTGO publishes only the 5-0 league decks.

Latest decks

DeckCopiesFinish
Tayam, Luminous Enigma
[INFINITY] Cory, 		1 main #21
of 65
0-1
Yawgmoth, Thran Physician
James Petersen, 		1 main #21
of 59
1-2
Yawgmoth, Thran Physician
Riccardo Norcini, 		1 main #4
of 19
2-2
Yawgmoth, Thran Physician
Michael Jordan, 		1 main #4
of 19
2-2
Yawgmoth, Thran Physician
Michael Jordan, 		1 main #31
of 60
1-4
Yawgmoth, Thran Physician
Frank, 		1 main #23
of 29
0-4
Yawgmoth, Thran Physician
James Colwell, 		1 main #41
of 68
0-2