Beastbond Outcaster
Creature — Human Druid
When this creature enters, if you control a creature with power 4 or greater, draw a card.
Plot 
(You may pay and exile this card from your hand. Cast it as a sorcery on a later turn without paying its mana cost. Plot only as a sorcery.)
- CMC
- 3
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- G
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Outlaws of Thunder Junction
- Price
- $0.16
- EDHREC rank
- #17348
Beastbond Outcaster puts a +1/+1 counter on each creature you control with a +1/+1 counter on it when it enters — in a counters deck, that's immediate, board-wide escalation for three mana. The rate is real: this isn't a one-target pump spell, it's a payoff that compounds every counter already on the battlefield.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | legal |
| standard | legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Commander is where Beastbond Outcaster earns its slot, specifically in Simic or Abzan counters shells that already have a critical mass of modified creatures before it lands. The effect scales with board state rather than setting up a future turn, which means the later you cast it, the more work it does. In 60-card formats like Modern and Pioneer, three mana for a 3/3 with a conditional anthem effect struggles to compete with the raw efficiency of the card pool — it's not unplayable, but it rarely makes the cut outside of dedicated +1/+1 counter brews. Standard gives it the most realistic competitive foothold if the format supports enough counter synergies to trigger it meaningfully on curve.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.16 bulk tier
At $0.16, Beastbond Outcaster is deep bulk — you're picking up a playset for less than a pack. The price reflects its narrow role: powerful inside the right archetype, easy to ignore outside it, so don't expect movement unless a counters deck breaks out in a competitive format.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.