Malevolent Hermit // Benevolent Geist (61)
MID · Innistrad: Midnight Hunt · rare
| Mana cost | — |
|---|---|
| Mana value | 2.0 |
| Type | Creature — Spirit Wizard |
| Rarity | rare |
| Colors | U |
| Power / Toughness | 2 / 2 |
| EDHREC rank | 4318 |
Flying Noncreature spells you control can't be countered. If Benevolent Geist would be put into a graveyard from anywhere, exile it instead.
All his old grudges suddenly seemed laughably petty. So he laughed.
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Price history
Latest prices
| Provider | Type | Normal | Foil | Etched | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| tcgplayer | retail | $1.09 | $1.26 | — | 2026-09-27 |
| cardmarket | retail | $1.25 | $1.49 | — | 2026-09-27 |
| cardhoarder | retail | $0.02 | — | — | 2026-09-27 |
| manapool | retail | $0.78 | $1.03 | — | 2026-09-25 |
| cardkingdom | retail | $1.29 | $1.99 | — | 2026-09-25 |
| cardkingdom | buylist | $0.26 | $0.60 | — | 2026-09-25 |
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Legality
| Format | Status |
|---|---|
| Pioneer | Legal |
| Modern | Legal |
| Legacy | Legal |
| Vintage | Legal |
| Commander | Legal |
| Brawl | Legal |
| Historic | Legal |
| Penny | Legal |
| Oathbreaker | Legal |
| Duel | Legal |
| Gladiator | Legal |
| Timeless | Legal |
Rulings
- 2021-09-24: Disturb is found only on the front faces of some double-faced cards.
- 2021-09-24: A spell cast this way enters the battlefield with its back face up.
- 2021-09-24: The back face of each card with disturb has an ability that instructs its controller to exile if it would be put into a graveyard from anywhere. This includes going to the graveyard from the stack, so if the spell is countered after you cast it using the disturb ability, it will be put into exile.
- 2021-09-24: When you cast a spell using a card's disturb ability, the card is put onto the stack with its back face up. The resulting spell has all the characteristics of that face.
- 2021-09-24: If you copy a permanent spell cast this way (perhaps with a card like Double Major), the copy becomes a token that's a copy of the card's back face, even though it isn't itself a double-faced card.
- 2021-09-24: "Disturb [cost]" means "You may cast this card transformed from your graveyard by paying [cost] rather than its mana cost."
- 2021-09-24: To determine the total cost of a spell, start with the mana cost or alternative cost (such as a disturb cost) you're paying, add any cost increases, then apply any cost reductions. The mana value of a spell cast using disturb is determined by the mana cost on the front face of the card, no matter what the total cost to cast the spell was. (This is a special rule that applies only to nonmodal double faced-cards, including ones with disturb.)
Other languages
| Language | Name |
|---|---|
| Chinese Simplified | 歹心隐者 // 善心游魂 |
| Chinese Traditional | 歹心隱者 // 善心遊魂 |
| French | Ermite maléfique // Geist bienveillant |
| German | Bösartiger Einsiedler // Gutartiger Geist |
| Italian | Eremita Malevolo // Geist Benevolo |
| Japanese | 心悪しき隠遁者 // 心優しき霊 |
| Korean | 악의에 찬 은둔자 // 자애로운 심령 |
| Portuguese (Brazil) | Eremita Malevolente // Geist Benevolente |
| Russian | Злобный Отшельник // Добродушное Привидение |
| Spanish | Ermitaño malévolo // Geist benévolo |