Big Game Hunter
Creature — Human Rebel Assassin
When this creature enters, destroy target creature with power 4 or greater. It can't be regenerated.
Madness 
(If you discard this card, discard it into exile. When you do, cast it for its madness cost or put it into your graveyard.)
- CMC
- 3
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- B
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Time Spiral Remastered
- Price
- $0.42
- EDHREC rank
- #3788
Big Game Hunter enters, destroys any creature with power 4 or greater, and asks only three mana and a discard for the privilege. In madness decks — especially Anje Falkenrath — that discard cost is an upside, making this one of the most efficient conditional removal spells in Commander.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Anje Falkenrath
Anje Falkenrath cycles through madness cards for free, and Big Game Hunter is exactly the kind of discard-to-cast payoff that keeps the engine humming while answering the table's biggest threats.
Altaïr Ibn-La'Ahad
Altaïr Ibn-La'Ahad rewards killing creatures with +1/+1 counters, and Big Game Hunter's enter-the-battlefield removal trigger is a clean way to rack up assassinations without spending additional resources.
Shirei, Shizo's Caretaker
Big Game Hunter has one power, so Shirei, Shizo's Caretaker returns it from the graveyard at end of turn — turning a one-time removal spell into a repeatable, every-turn creature wipe for anything above the size threshold.
Asmoranomardicadaistinaculdacar
Asmoranomardicadaistinaculdacar demands a discard as part of her cost, and Big Game Hunter converts that discard directly into removal, letting the deck pay its commander tax and eliminate a threat in the same motion.
Ramses, Assassin Lord
Big Game Hunter is an Assassin, so Ramses, Assassin Lord grants it deathtouch — though the enters-the-battlefield kill trigger means it rarely needs to connect in combat anyway, and the type line alone earns tribal slots.
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 |
Commander is where Big Game Hunter does its best work: the format is full of creatures with power 4 or greater, the discard synergizes with madness and graveyard strategies, and a 93-cent budget is trivially easy to justify. In Legacy and Vintage, the card is legal but almost never played — Swords to Plowshares and Fatal Push answer threats more cleanly without the power restriction or the setup cost. Big Game Hunter occupies a narrow niche in eternal formats where the discard is an active benefit rather than a tax, and outside of Commander that context rarely exists.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.42 bulk tier
At $0.42, Big Game Hunter is firmly bulk — easy to pick up as a throw-in or in a common lot. The price is stable; this is a niche role-player with a loyal home in Anje Falkenrath lists, not the kind of card that spikes.
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Sources
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.