Harsh Mentor
Harsh Mentor: Creature - Human Cleric, Duskmourn: House of Horror Commander. MTG card printings, market prices, rulings, and format legality on Mana Grove.
- Mana cost
- {1}{R}
- Mana value
- 2
- Type
- Creature - Human Cleric
- Colour identity
- Red (R)
- Power / toughness
- 2/2
- Rarity
- Rare
- Set
- Duskmourn: House of Horror Commander (DSC)
- Released
- 2024-09-27
- Collector number
- 165
- Artist
- Shreya Shetty
- Commander rank
- 2,394 (by how often it appears in Commander decks)
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About Harsh Mentor
Harsh Mentor is a Magic: The Gathering card, a rare red creature from Duskmourn: House of Horror Commander (DSC), a Commander product released in September 2024. It is collector number 165 in that set, with art by Shreya Shetty. It costs {1}{R} (one generic and one red mana) to cast, for a mana value of 2. It is a 2/2 creature. Its colour identity is red. It is legal in Pioneer, Modern, Legacy, Vintage, Commander, Duel Commander, Oathbreaker, Brawl, Historic, Timeless, Gladiator and Penny Dreadful. It has been printed in 5 sets, from Amonkhet (2017) to Duskmourn: House of Horror Commander (2024). The latest aggregated market price for this printing is $0.29 (normal finish, as of 2026-11-04).
Card text
Whenever an opponent activates an ability of an artifact, creature, or land on the battlefield, if it isn't a mana ability, this creature deals 2 damage to that player.
"Fight through it."
Market price
Latest aggregated market price for the normal finish of this printing: $0.29 (as of 2026-11-04).
The figure covers this printing only; other printings carry their own price on their own page.
Format legality
Legality of Harsh Mentor by format. Formats in which it is not legal are not listed.
| Pioneer | Legal |
|---|---|
| Modern | Legal |
| Legacy | Legal |
| Vintage | Legal |
| Commander | Legal |
| Duel Commander | Legal |
| Oathbreaker | Legal |
| Brawl | Legal |
| Historic | Legal |
| Timeless | Legal |
| Gladiator | Legal |
| Penny Dreadful | Legal |
Other printings of Harsh Mentor
Harsh Mentor has been printed in 5 sets. The other printings are listed newest first, with the rarity and release year of each.
| Printing | Rarity | Year |
|---|---|---|
| Tales of Middle-earth Commander (LTC) #221 | Rare | 2023 |
| Amonkhet Remastered (AKR) #158 | Rare | 2020 |
| Amonkhet (AKH) #135 | Rare | 2017 |
| Amonkhet Promos (PAKH) #135s | Rare | 2017 |
Official rulings
Three official rulings apply to Harsh Mentor, newest first.
- Harsh Mentor's ability resolves before the ability that caused it to trigger.
- Harsh Mentor's ability doesn't trigger when an opponent activates an ability of a card in hand (such as cycling) or a card in a graveyard (such as embalm), even if that causes a card to be put onto the battlefield.
- Activated abilities contain a colon. They're generally written "[Cost]: [Effect]." Some keyword abilities (such as equip) are activated abilities and will have colons in their reminder text. An activated mana ability is one that produces mana as it resolves, not one that costs mana to activate. Notably, exerting a creature isn't an activated ability.
Similar cards
Other creature cards with a red colour identity, ranked by how often they appear in Commander decks.
In these precons
Harsh Mentor is in the decklist of these preconstructed Commander decks.