Arcbound Tracker
Artifact Creature — Dog
Menace
Modular 2 (This creature enters with two +1/+1 counters on it. When it dies, you may put its +1/+1 counters on target artifact creature.)
Whenever you cast a spell other than your first spell each turn, put a +1/+1 counter on this creature.
- CMC
- 3
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- R
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Jumpstart: Historic Horizons
- Price
- —
- EDHREC rank
- #9417
Arcbound Tracker turns every spell you cast into a +1/+1 counter, making it a self-scaling threat that grows faster than opponents expect in spell-dense Commander games. Zabaz, the Glimmerwasp decks run it at nearly 90% inclusion for good reason — it's the kind of card that quietly becomes a 6/6 while your opponents are looking elsewhere, and Eirdu, Carrier of Dawn // Isilu, Carrier of Twilight gives it a second home wherever modular counters can spread on death.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Zabaz, the Glimmerwasp
Zabaz, the Glimmerwasp is the definitive home — Arcbound Tracker feeds directly into the modular engine, so when it dies every counter it accumulated redistributes to another artifact creature, turning a removed threat into a permanent board-wide buff. Nearly 90% of Zabaz lists run it because it does two jobs at once: grows itself and fuels the graveyard-to-battlefield counter chain.
Optimus Prime, Hero
Optimus Prime, Hero reaches for Arcbound Tracker as a low-cost artifact body that scales up across a long game, fitting the wide-board artifact strategy that Prime shells tend to run. The modular trigger on death means even a removal spell becomes a small incremental gain rather than a clean loss.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | not legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
In Commander, Arcbound Tracker is a role-player rather than a staple — it earns its slot specifically in modular-matters and artifact-synergy decks, where the combination of a low mana cost, a self-growing body, and the modular death trigger creates genuine value. Outside of dedicated artifact builds, it's too slow to threaten as a standalone threat at a 100-card table. In Modern and Legacy, Arcbound Tracker occupies fringe territory — the Arcbound family has historically powered artifact aggro lists, but it competes with a crowded slot at two mana and typically loses out to more explosive options. Pauper is where it's most interesting outside Commander, since modular creatures at common rarity are scarce and a growing artifact body has real utility in the format's artifact synergy shells.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Eirdu, Carrier of Dawn // Isilu, Carrier of TwilightArcbound RavagerArcbound Tracker
Infinite LTB; Infinite ETB; Infinite sacrifice triggers; Infinite death triggers; Infinite +1/+1 counters on a creature; Infinite +1/+1 counters on certain creatures; Draw the game
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Eirdu, Carrier of Dawn // Isilu, Carrier of TwilightAshnod's AltarArcbound Tracker
Infinite LTB; Infinite ETB; Infinite sacrifice triggers; Infinite death triggers; Infinite colorless mana; Infinite +1/+1 counters on certain creatures
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Eirdu, Carrier of Dawn // Isilu, Carrier of TwilightPhyrexian AltarArcbound Tracker
Infinite LTB; Infinite ETB; Infinite colored mana; Infinite sacrifice triggers; Infinite death triggers; Infinite +1/+1 counters on certain creatures
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Eirdu, Carrier of Dawn // Isilu, Carrier of TwilightViscera SeerArcbound Tracker
Infinite LTB; Infinite ETB; Infinite sacrifice triggers; Infinite death triggers; Infinite scry 1; Infinite +1/+1 counters on certain creatures
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Eirdu, Carrier of Dawn // Isilu, Carrier of TwilightKrark-Clan IronworksArcbound Tracker
Infinite LTB; Infinite ETB; Infinite sacrifice triggers; Infinite death triggers; Infinite colorless mana; Infinite +1/+1 counters on certain creatures
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Current price
unknown tier
Pricing data for Arcbound Tracker isn't currently available in the system, so check Scryfall or TCGPlayer for a live number. Given its near-90% inclusion in Zabaz decks and modular synergy, it's worth picking up sooner rather than later if you're building in that space.
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Sources
Mentioned
- Eirdu, Carrier of Dawn // Isilu, Carrier of Twilight
- Zabaz, the Glimmerwasp
- Optimus Prime, Hero
- Arcbound Ravager
- Ashnod's Altar
- Phyrexian Altar
- Viscera Seer
- Krark-Clan Ironworks
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.