Midnight Reaper

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Midnight Reaper: Creature - Zombie Knight, Foundations Commander. MTG card printings, market prices, rulings, and format legality on Mana Grove.

Mana cost
{2}{B}
Mana value
3
Type
Creature - Zombie Knight
Colour identity
Black (B)
Power / toughness
3/2
Rarity
Rare
Set
Foundations Commander (FDC)
Released
2026-10-02
Collector number
114
Artist
Sidharth Chaturvedi
Commander rank
1,052 (by how often it appears in Commander decks)

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About Midnight Reaper

Midnight Reaper is a Magic: The Gathering card, a rare black creature from Foundations Commander (FDC), released in October 2026. It is collector number 114 in that set, with art by Sidharth Chaturvedi. It costs {2}{B} (two generic and one black mana) to cast, for a mana value of 3. It is a 3/2 creature. Its colour identity is black. It is legal in Standard, Pioneer, Modern, Legacy, Vintage, Commander, Duel Commander, Oathbreaker, Brawl, Standard Brawl, Historic, Timeless, Alchemy, Gladiator and Penny Dreadful. It has been printed in 10 sets, from Guilds of Ravnica (2018) to Aetherdrift Commander (2025). The latest aggregated market price for this printing is $0.28 (normal finish, as of 2026-11-11).

Card text

Whenever a nontoken creature you control dies, this creature deals 1 damage to you and you draw a card.

No one welcomes his visit, yet all must grant him tribute.

Market price

Latest aggregated market price for the normal finish of this printing: $0.28 (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 Midnight Reaper by format. Formats in which it is not legal are not listed.

StandardLegal
PioneerLegal
ModernLegal
LegacyLegal
VintageLegal
CommanderLegal
Duel CommanderLegal
OathbreakerLegal
BrawlLegal
Standard BrawlLegal
HistoricLegal
TimelessLegal
AlchemyLegal
GladiatorLegal
Penny DreadfulLegal

Other printings of Midnight Reaper

Midnight Reaper has been printed in 10 sets. The other printings are listed newest first, with the rarity and release year of each.

PrintingRarityYear
Aetherdrift Commander (DRC) #44Rare2025
Foundations (FDN) #609Rare2024
Ravnica Remastered (RVR) #86Rare2024
March of the Machine Commander (MOC) #257Rare2023
Secret Lair Drop (SLD) #1171Rare2022
Starter Commander Decks (SCD) #91Rare2022
Midnight Hunt Commander (MIC) #125Rare2021
Guilds of Ravnica (GRN) #77Rare2018
Guilds of Ravnica Promos (PGRN) #77pRare2018

Official rulings

Two official rulings apply to Midnight Reaper, newest first.

  • If Midnight Reaper dies at the same time as one or more other nontoken creatures you control, Midnight Reaper's ability triggers for each of them.
  • Midnight Reaper's ability triggers when it dies if it's not a token.

Similar cards

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In these precons

Midnight Reaper is in the decklist of these preconstructed Commander decks.

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