Behemoth's Herald
Creature — Elf Shaman
, 
, Sacrifice a red creature, a green creature, and a white creature: Search your library for a card named Godsire, put it onto the battlefield, then shuffle.
- CMC
- 1
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- G
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Shards of Alara
- Price
- $0.09
- EDHREC rank
- #26359
Behemoth's Herald puts an 8/8 trampler into play for one green mana — provided you can sacrifice a Bird, an Elf, and a Faerie to activate it. The setup cost is real enough that only dedicated tribal shells can reliably pull this off, but when it connects it's one of the most mana-efficient creatures in the game.
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 | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Behemoth's Herald is a Commander card through and through — the singleton format and slower pace give you the turns needed to assemble three different creature types in play simultaneously. In Legacy and Vintage it's legal but unplayed; those formats have no patience for a three-piece sacrifice setup when faster paths to giant threats exist. Modern is the same story: the Herald is technically legal, but no competitive shell wants to jump through these hoops. Commander is where the card lives, specifically in five-color or multi-tribal builds that treat the three-type requirement as a synergy engine rather than a tax.
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Price Context
Current price
$0.09 bulk tier
At $0.09, Behemoth's Herald is pure bulk — pick it up in any common box without a second thought. Price stability is a non-issue here; it's not trending up and never will be, but for a card that puts an 8/8 trampler into play for one mana in the right deck, the financial ask is essentially zero.
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Sources
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.