Hateful Eidolon
Hateful Eidolon: Enchantment Creature - Spirit, Secrets of Strixhaven Commander. MTG card printings, market prices, rulings, and format legality on Mana Grove.
- Mana cost
- {B}
- Mana value
- 1
- Type
- Enchantment Creature - Spirit
- Colour identity
- Black (B)
- Power / toughness
- 1/2
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Set
- Secrets of Strixhaven Commander (SOC)
- Released
- 2026-04-24
- Collector number
- 215
- Artist
- Daniel Ljunggren
- Commander rank
- 4,860 (by how often it appears in Commander decks)
- Keywords
- Lifelink
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About Hateful Eidolon
Hateful Eidolon is a Magic: The Gathering card, an uncommon black enchantment creature from Secrets of Strixhaven Commander (SOC), a Commander product released in April 2026. It is collector number 215 in that set, with art by Daniel Ljunggren. It costs {B} (one black mana) to cast, for a mana value of 1. It is a 1/2 creature. Its colour identity is black. It is legal in Pioneer, Modern, Legacy, Vintage, Commander, Duel Commander, Oathbreaker, Brawl, Historic, Timeless, Gladiator and Penny Dreadful. It has been printed in 2 sets, from Theros Beyond Death (2020) to Secrets of Strixhaven Commander (2026). The latest aggregated market price for this printing is $0.24 (normal finish, as of 2026-11-02).
Card text
Lifelink
Whenever an enchanted creature dies, draw a card for each Aura you controlled that was attached to it.
From the echoes of a violent life, a terrible foe is born.
Market price
Latest aggregated market price for the normal finish of this printing: $0.24 (as of 2026-11-02).
The figure covers this printing only; other printings carry their own price on their own page.
Format legality
Legality of Hateful Eidolon 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 Hateful Eidolon
Hateful Eidolon has been printed in 2 sets. The other printings are listed newest first, with the rarity and release year of each.
| Printing | Rarity | Year |
|---|---|---|
| Theros Beyond Death (THB) #101 | Uncommon | 2020 |
Official rulings
Two official rulings apply to Hateful Eidolon, newest first.
- If Hateful Eidolon dies at the same time as one or more enchanted creatures, its last ability triggers for each of those creatures. This includes Hateful Eidolon itself if it's enchanted.
- If an Aura you control is destroyed at the same time as the creature it enchants, Hateful Eidolon's triggered ability counts that Aura to determine whether it triggers and how many cards you'll draw.
Similar cards
Other enchantment creature cards with a black colour identity, ranked by how often they appear in Commander decks.
In these precons
Hateful Eidolon is in the decklist of these preconstructed Commander decks.