Midnight Banshee
Midnight Banshee: Creature - Spirit, Lorwyn Eclipsed Commander. MTG card printings, market prices, rulings, and format legality on Mana Grove.
- Mana cost
- {3}{B}{B}{B}
- Mana value
- 6
- Type
- Creature - Spirit
- Colour identity
- Black (B)
- Power / toughness
- 5/5
- Rarity
- Rare
- Set
- Lorwyn Eclipsed Commander (ECC)
- Released
- 2026-01-23
- Collector number
- 80
- Artist
- Daarken
- Commander rank
- 4,697 (by how often it appears in Commander decks)
- Keywords
- Wither
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About Midnight Banshee
Midnight Banshee is a Magic: The Gathering card, a rare black creature from Lorwyn Eclipsed Commander (ECC), a Commander product released in January 2026. It is collector number 80 in that set, with art by Daarken. It costs {3}{B}{B}{B} (three generic and three black mana) to cast, for a mana value of 6. It is a 5/5 creature. Its colour identity is black. It is legal in Modern, Legacy, Vintage, Commander, Duel Commander, Oathbreaker, PreDH and Penny Dreadful. It has been printed in 3 sets, from Shadowmoor (2008) to Lorwyn Eclipsed Commander (2026). The latest aggregated market price for this printing is $0.38 (normal finish, as of 2026-11-03).
Card text
Wither (This deals damage to creatures in the form of -1/-1 counters.)
At the beginning of your upkeep, put a -1/-1 counter on each nonblack creature.
Many have heard the beginning of its low, sustained shriek but few the end.
Market price
Latest aggregated market price for the normal finish of this printing: $0.38 (as of 2026-11-03).
The figure covers this printing only; other printings carry their own price on their own page.
Format legality
Legality of Midnight Banshee by format. Formats in which it is not legal are not listed.
| Modern | Legal |
|---|---|
| Legacy | Legal |
| Vintage | Legal |
| Commander | Legal |
| Duel Commander | Legal |
| Oathbreaker | Legal |
| PreDH | Legal |
| Penny Dreadful | Legal |
Other printings of Midnight Banshee
Midnight Banshee has been printed in 3 sets. The other printings are listed newest first, with the rarity and release year of each.
| Printing | Rarity | Year |
|---|---|---|
| Modern Masters 2015 (MM2) #86 | Rare | 2015 |
| Shadowmoor (SHM) #72 | Rare | 2008 |
Similar cards
Other creature cards with a black colour identity, ranked by how often they appear in Commander decks.
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