Harsh Mentor
- Mana cost
- {1}{R}
- Type
- Creature — Human Cleric
- Power / toughness
- 2 / 2
- Set
- Amonkhet Promos #135s (rare)
Whenever an opponent activates an ability of an artifact, creature, or land on the battlefield, if it isn't a mana ability, this creature deals 2 damage to that player.
Harsh Mentor has 5 printings, first in Amonkhet (2017). EDHREC ranks it #2,549 among Commander cards. It appears most in Valgavoth, Harrower of Souls decks (17,460 on EDHREC). 2 public decks on TCG run it. It has 3 official rulings.
Legality
- commander: legal
- legacy: legal
- vintage: legal
- pauper: not legal
- modern: legal
- pioneer: legal
- standard: not legal
- brawl: legal
Public decks that run Harsh Mentor
- Endless Punishment - Duskmourn: House of Horror Commander, led by Valgavoth, Harrower of Souls
- Riders of Rohan - Tales of Middle-earth Commander, led by Éowyn, Shieldmaiden
Commanders that run Harsh Mentor most
Deck counts from EDHREC.
- Valgavoth, Harrower of Souls: 17,460 decks
- Yurlok of Scorch Thrash: 5,226 decks
- Éowyn, Shieldmaiden: 4,873 decks
- Ojer Axonil, Deepest Might // Temple of Power: 3,596 decks
- The Lord of Pain: 2,837 decks
- Norin the Wary: 2,588 decks
- Torbran, Thane of Red Fell: 2,192 decks
- Zo-Zu the Punisher: 1,949 decks
Often played with Harsh Mentor
Cards that show up in the same decks on EDHREC.
Rulings
- : Harsh Mentor's ability resolves before the ability that caused it to trigger.
- : Harsh Mentor's ability doesn't trigger when an opponent activates an ability of a card in hand (such as cycling) or a card in a graveyard (such as embalm), even if that causes a card to be put onto the battlefield.
- : Activated abilities contain a colon. They're generally written "[Cost]: [Effect]." Some keyword abilities (such as equip) are activated abilities and will have colons in their reminder text. An activated mana ability is one that produces mana as it resolves, not one that costs mana to activate. Notably, exerting a creature isn't an activated ability.