Sahir, Visitor in Darkness

Sahir, Visitor in Darkness

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{1}{B}{B} · Legendary Creature — Human Wizard
Rare · Mystery Booster Commander Edition · Art by Kai Carpenter
Eminence — At the beginning of your upkeep, Sahir deals 1 damage to you. This ability triggers only if Sahir is in the command zone or on the battlefield. Whenever a source you control deals exactly 1 damage to you and whenever a spell or ability you control causes you to lose exactly 1 life, put a +1/+1 counter on Sahir. If this is the second time this ability has resolved this turn, draw a card.
Predicted power
Standard — Eng.NLUsr.—
Pioneer — Eng.NLUsr.—
Modern 23 Eng.FUsr.—

Its own upkeep trigger is too delayed, and a three-mana 3/3 requiring extra setup before drawing lacks Modern’s needed immediate impact.

Band speculativeConfidence 65%

Could be wrong if An efficient established source of repeated one-damage to its controller could create a niche engine.

Legacy 20 Eng.FUsr.—

Even Legacy fast mana does not solve the card’s delayed, removal-prone payoff; it needs a very efficient exact-one-life engine.

Band speculativeConfidence 68%

Could be wrong if A compact self-damage combo or unusually resilient shell could justify testing despite the format’s pace.

Pauper — Eng.NLUsr.—
Commander 50 Eng.CUsr.—

On board it provides one self-damage event each upkeep and turns a second controlled one-life event into a card, making it a solid dedicated payoff.

Best home Mono-black one-life-lossBand role-playerConfidence 63%

Could be wrong if Exact-one-life enablers may be too sparse, and the mandatory command-zone ping plus creature vulnerability may outweigh the engine.

Limited 76 Eng.A-Usr.—

A three-mana 3/3 that self-pings into a 4/4 by the next upkeep can snowball; another one-damage event also converts into a card.

Best home Any black deckBand first-pickConfidence 44%

Could be wrong if Unknown removal density, speed, and creature sizing may make an evasive-less growing threat less reliable than expected.

One-life-loss growth engine

“A slow three-mana creature that becomes a recurring draw engine only with reliable exact-one-life self-damage.”

AI prediction made before release — not a measured result. Real performance data replaces this once the set is legal and tournament results come in.

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