Havengul Runebinder

Havengul Runebinder card image

Havengul Runebinder: Creature - Human Wizard, Midnight Hunt Commander. MTG card printings, market prices, rulings, and format legality on Mana Grove.

Mana cost
{2}{U}{U}
Mana value
4
Type
Creature - Human Wizard
Colour identity
Blue (U)
Power / toughness
2/2
Rarity
Rare
Set
Midnight Hunt Commander (MIC)
Released
2021-09-24
Collector number
101
Artist
Bud Cook
Commander rank
16,874 (by how often it appears in Commander decks)

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About Havengul Runebinder

Havengul Runebinder is a Magic: The Gathering card, a rare blue creature from Midnight Hunt Commander (MIC), a Commander product released in September 2021. It is collector number 101 in that set, with art by Bud Cook. It costs {2}{U}{U} (two generic and two blue mana) to cast, for a mana value of 4. It is a 2/2 creature. Its colour identity is blue. It is legal in Modern, Legacy, Vintage, Commander, Duel Commander, Oathbreaker, Brawl, Historic, Timeless, Gladiator and Penny Dreadful. It has been printed in 4 sets, from Dark Ascension (2012) to Shadows of the Past (2023). The latest aggregated market price for this printing is $0.30 (normal finish, as of 2026-11-12).

Card text

{2}{U}, {T}, Exile a creature card from your graveyard: Create a 2/2 black Zombie creature token, then put a +1/+1 counter on each Zombie creature you control.

"So many corpses, so little time."

Market price

Latest aggregated market price for the normal finish of this printing: $0.30 (as of 2026-11-12).

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

Format legality

Legality of Havengul Runebinder by format. Formats in which it is not legal are not listed.

ModernLegal
LegacyLegal
VintageLegal
CommanderLegal
Duel CommanderLegal
OathbreakerLegal
BrawlLegal
HistoricLegal
TimelessLegal
GladiatorLegal
Penny DreadfulLegal

Other printings of Havengul Runebinder

Havengul Runebinder has been printed in 4 sets. The other printings are listed newest first, with the rarity and release year of each.

PrintingRarityYear
Shadows of the Past (SIS) #16Rare2023
Duel Decks: Blessed vs. Cursed (DDQ) #44Rare2016
Dark Ascension (DKA) #39Rare2012

Official rulings

Two official rulings apply to Havengul Runebinder, newest first.

  • Although players may respond to the activated ability, they can't respond to the paying of its costs. The creature card will already be exiled by the time any player could respond.
  • The Zombie creature token you put onto the battlefield will also get a +1/+1 counter.

Similar cards

Other creature cards with a blue colour identity, ranked by how often they appear in Commander decks.

In these precons

Havengul Runebinder is in the decklist of these preconstructed Commander decks.

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