Apothecary Stomper
Creature — Elephant
Vigilance (Attacking doesn't cause this creature to tap.)
When this creature enters, choose one —
• Put two +1/+1 counters on target creature you control.
• You gain 4 life.
- CMC
- 6
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- G
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Foundations
- Price
- $0.05
- EDHREC rank
- #15774
Apothecary Stomper enters as a 4/4 trampler that drops a Food token and gains you 3 life — reasonable stats with real incidental value attached. Six mana is the honest cost of that package, and it shows.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | legal |
| standard | legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
In Commander, Apothecary Stomper occupies the low end of playable — it fits life-gain synergy decks and Food-matters builds, but six mana for a vanilla-adjacent creature is a tough sell in a format where the competition at that slot is fierce. Pauper is where Apothecary Stomper has the most legitimate claim to a roster spot, since the power ceiling is lower and both the body and the Food token contribute meaningfully to slower, grindier strategies. In 60-card formats — Modern, Pioneer, Standard — it doesn't clear the bar; six mana needs to end the game or come close, and this doesn't.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.05 bulk tier
At $0.05, Apothecary Stomper is pure bulk — you're paying for cardboard, not scarcity. There's no realistic path to price appreciation here; grab a copy for a Pauper or casual Commander deck and don't think twice about it.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.