Abyssal Hunter
Creature — Human Assassin
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: Tap target creature. This creature deals damage equal to its power to that creature.
- CMC
- 4
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- B
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- Mirage
- Price
- $0.43
- EDHREC rank
- #24658
Abyssal Hunter taps to tap any creature and give it -X/-0 until end of turn, where X equals the number of Swamps you control — a repeatable, no-mana-cost answer to anything on the board. The catch is that it costs five mana to deploy, dies to a stiff breeze at 1/1, and demands a mono-black or heavily black mana base to hit meaningful power reductions.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | not legal |
| pioneer | not legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Abyssal Hunter is a Commander card through and through — the format's slower pace gives you time to land a five-drop 1/1 and protect it, and mono-black strategies like Crypt Rats or Rat Colony shells can stack enough Swamps to make the -X/-0 sting. In Legacy and Vintage, it's technically legal but irrelevant; a five-mana 1/1 with no immediate impact doesn't compete in formats that end games on turn two. Oathbreaker shares Commander's slower tempo but typically packs even more efficient removal, so Abyssal Hunter still faces stiff competition for the slot.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.43 bulk tier
At $0.43, Abyssal Hunter is deep bulk — you're not paying for power, you're paying for a niche toy. The price is stable for the same reason it never spikes: narrow enough that demand stays low, cheap enough that it never gets cut from budget buylist orders.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.