---
name: "Geist of the Lonely Vigil"
mana_cost: "{1}{W}"
cmc: 2
type_line: "Creature — Spirit Cleric"
colors: ["W"]
color_identity: ["W"]
keywords: ["Flying", "Delirium", "Defender"]
set: "EMN"
set_name: "Eldritch Moon"
collector_number: "27"
rarity: "uncommon"
artist: "Ryan Yee"
oracle_id: "3e80481e-06ed-425a-8991-0557e49aba6a"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/geist-of-the-lonely-vigil-emn"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Geist of the Lonely Vigil
- **Mana Cost:** `{1}{W}` (CMC: 2)
- **Type:** Creature — Spirit Cleric
- **Power/Toughness:** 2/3
- **Keywords:** Flying, Delirium, Defender

## Oracle Text
Defender, flying
Delirium — This creature can attack as though it didn't have defender as long as there are four or more card types among cards in your graveyard.

> *The flicker of candlelight and the echo of hymns told the villagers that the monastery wasn't truly abandoned.*

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Moorland Drifter](/printing/moorland-drifter-soi.md) — Creature — Spirit
2. [Stoic Ephemera](/printing/stoic-ephemera-dis.md) — Creature — Spirit
3. [Ghostly Sentinel](/printing/ghostly-sentinel-bfz.md) — Creature — Kor Spirit
4. [Reaper of Flight Moonsilver](/printing/reaper-of-flight-moonsilver-sir.md) — Creature — Angel
5. [Wakestone Gargoyle](/printing/wakestone-gargoyle-dis.md) — Creature — Gargoyle
6. [Arcades, the Strategist](/printing/arcades-the-strategist-tsr.md) — Legendary Creature — Elder Dragon

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Eldritch Moon (EMN) #27
- **Rarity:** Uncommon
- **Artist:** Ryan Yee
- **Total Printings:** 11 across all historical editions

## Format Legalities
Commander: `legal` | Standard: `not_legal` | Modern: `legal` | Pioneer: `legal` | Legacy: `legal` | Vintage: `legal` | Pauper: `not_legal` | Penny: `not_legal`