First printed in Innistrad: Midnight Hunt (2021)
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Malevolent Hermit 
Creature — Human Wizard
, Sacrifice this creature: Counter target noncreature spell unless its controller pays 
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Disturb 
(You may cast this card from your graveyard transformed for its disturb cost.)
All his old grudges suddenly seemed laughably petty. So he laughed.
2/1
Benevolent Geist
Creature — Spirit Wizard
Flying
Noncreature spells you control can't be countered.
If Benevolent Geist would be put into a graveyard from anywhere, exile it instead.
2/2
- Illustrated by
- Daarken
Legality
- Legal in
- Pioneer, Modern, Legacy, Vintage, Historic, Timeless, Penny Dreadful, Gladiator, Commander, Duel Commander, Tiny Leaders, Oathbreaker, Brawl, Competitive Brawl
- Not legal in
- Standard, Pauper, Future Standard, Alchemy, Premodern, Old School 93/94, Pauper Commander, PreDH, Standard Brawl
Rulings (7)
- If you copy a permanent spell cast this way (perhaps with a card like Double Major), the copy becomes a token that's a copy of the card's back face, even though it isn't itself a double-faced card.
- The back face of each card with disturb has an ability that instructs its controller to exile if it would be put into a graveyard from anywhere. This includes going to the graveyard from the stack, so if the spell is countered after you cast it using the disturb ability, it will be put into exile.
- To determine the total cost of a spell, start with the mana cost or alternative cost (such as a disturb cost) you're paying, add any cost increases, then apply any cost reductions. The mana value of a spell cast using disturb is determined by the mana cost on the front face of the card, no matter what the total cost to cast the spell was. (This is a special rule that applies only to nonmodal double faced-cards, including ones with disturb.)
- "Disturb [cost]" means "You may cast this card transformed from your graveyard by paying [cost] rather than its mana cost."
- A spell cast this way enters the battlefield with its back face up.
- When you cast a spell using a card's disturb ability, the card is put onto the stack with its back face up. The resulting spell has all the characteristics of that face.
- Disturb is found only on the front faces of some double-faced cards.
Prices
MTGO price: 0.02 TIX, the cheapest non-foil print (average sell price on GoatBots, 1 Nov 2026).
Combos
4 combos, the most popular first:
- Infinite death triggers, Infinite creature ETB…: Malevolent Hermit // Benevolent Geist + Overwhelming Splendor + Phyrexian Altar + Semblance Anvil
- Infinite death triggers, Infinite creature ETB…: Dress Down + Malevolent Hermit // Benevolent Geist + Phyrexian Altar + Semblance Anvil
- Infinite death triggers, Infinite creature ETB…: Humility + Malevolent Hermit // Benevolent Geist + Phyrexian Altar + Semblance Anvil
- Infinite black mana, Infinite death triggers…: Composite Golem + Infinite Reflection + Malevolent Hermit // Benevolent Geist
