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Cynical Loner

{1}{B}

Creature — Human Survivor

DSKDuskmourn: House of Horror#89uncommon

"Thanks, but no thanks. I'm done with hope."

Finishes
Nonfoil · Foil
Border
black
Frame
2015
Pull rate
about 1 per booster–1 in 313
Illustrator
Miranda Meeks
Found in
Duskmourn House of Horror MTGO Redemption · Duskmourn House of Horror Collector Booster Pack · 2 more
Printings1Combos3EDHREC rank#8,819
CommanderLegalModernLegalStandardLegal
Format legality

Constructed

StandardLegal
PioneerLegal
ModernLegal
LegacyLegal
VintageLegal
PauperNot legal

Commander

CommanderLegal
Pauper CommanderNot legal
Duel CommanderLegal
PreDHNot legal
OathbreakerLegal
Tiny LeadersLegal

Arena

AlchemyLegal
HistoricLegal
TimelessLegal
BrawlLegal
Standard BrawlLegal
Competitive BrawlLegal
GladiatorLegal

Other

PremodernNot legal
Old SchoolNot legal
Penny DreadfulNot legal
Future StandardLegal
This creature can't be blocked by Glimmers. Survival — At the beginning of your second main phase, if this creature is tapped, you may search your library for a card, put it into your graveyard, then shuffle.
3/1
Plays as:
TutorGraveyard Tutor
Market · per finishspark updated 3h ago · prices as of 2026-08-30
Nonfoil+17.4%
$0.27
$0.01 low$0.00 gapTCGplayer
Foil0.0%
$0.34
$0.10 low$0.02 gapTCGplayer
Cheapest playable copy$0.27· across 1 printing· you're viewing it

Rulings

5 · latest Sep 20, 2024
  • WotCSep 20, 2024

    If a creature with a survival ability isn't tapped when your second main phase begins, the ability won't trigger at all. You won't be able to tap it during your second main phase in time to have that ability trigger.

  • WotCSep 20, 2024

    If a creature's survival ability triggers but that creature is untapped when the ability begins to resolve, that ability won't do anything.

  • WotCSep 20, 2024

    If a creature's survival ability triggers but the creature leaves the battlefield before the ability resolves, use its tapped or untapped status as it last existed on the battlefield to determine whether or not the ability will do anything.

  • WotCSep 20, 2024

    Once Cynical Loner has been blocked by a creature, giving that creature the Glimmer creature type won't cause Cynical Loner to become unblocked.

  • WotCSep 20, 2024

    Survival abilities (and other abilities that trigger at the beginning of your second main phase) will trigger at the beginning of the second main phase you take in a turn. They won't trigger during your third, fourth, or other additional main phases in a single turn, if effects somehow cause you to have more than two main phases.