Corpse Augur

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Corpse Augur: Creature - Zombie Wizard, Aetherdrift Commander. MTG card printings, market prices, rulings, and format legality on Mana Grove.

Mana cost
{3}{B}
Mana value
4
Type
Creature - Zombie Wizard
Colour identity
Black (B)
Power / toughness
4/2
Rarity
Uncommon
Set
Aetherdrift Commander (DRC)
Released
2025-02-14
Collector number
40
Artist
Ryan Pancoast
Commander rank
5,976 (by how often it appears in Commander decks)

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About Corpse Augur

Corpse Augur is a Magic: The Gathering card, an uncommon black creature from Aetherdrift Commander (DRC), a Commander product released in February 2025. It is collector number 40 in that set, with art by Ryan Pancoast. It costs {3}{B} (three generic and one black mana) to cast, for a mana value of 4. It is a 4/2 creature. Its colour identity is black. It is legal in Legacy, Vintage, Commander, Duel Commander and Oathbreaker. It has been printed in 9 sets, from Commander 2015 (2015) to Aetherdrift Commander (2025). The latest aggregated market price for this printing is $0.24 (normal finish, as of 2026-11-11).

Card text

When this creature dies, you draw X cards and you lose X life, where X is the number of creature cards in target player's graveyard.

"Hail the Fly, the Wasp, the Scarab, the Locust, and the Scorpion!"

Market price

Latest aggregated market price for the normal finish of this printing: $0.24 (as of 2026-11-11).

The figure covers this printing only; other printings carry their own price on their own page.

Format legality

Legality of Corpse Augur by format. Formats in which it is not legal are not listed.

LegacyLegal
VintageLegal
CommanderLegal
Duel CommanderLegal
OathbreakerLegal

Other printings of Corpse Augur

Corpse Augur has been printed in 9 sets. The other printings are listed newest first, with the rarity and release year of each.

PrintingRarityYear
The List (PLST) #C15-17Uncommon2024
Commander Masters (CMM) #145Uncommon2023
Commander Legends: Battle for Baldur's Gate (CLB) #744Uncommon2022
Midnight Hunt Commander (MIC) #109Uncommon2021
Commander 2017 (C17) #106Uncommon2017
Commander Anthology (CMA) #52Uncommon2017
Legendary Cube Prize Pack (PZ1) #40Rare2015
Commander 2015 (C15) #17Uncommon2015

Official rulings

One official ruling applies to Corpse Augur.

  • You choose the target player as the ability goes on the stack, but you determine the value of X as that ability resolves. If you target yourself and Corpse Augur is still in the graveyard, its ability will count itself.

Similar cards

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In these precons

Corpse Augur is in the decklist of these preconstructed Commander decks.

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