Bloodthorn Taunter
Creature — Human Scout
Haste
: Target creature with power 5 or greater gains haste until end of turn.
- CMC
- 2
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- R
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Shards of Alara
- Price
- $0.10
- EDHREC rank
- #26132
Bloodthorn Taunter gives any creature haste for a single red mana at instant speed — the effect is real, the cost is minimal. It's a role-player, not a headliner, but in any deck that needs repeatable haste enablement on a body, it earns its slot.
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 |
Bloodthorn Taunter is legal in Commander, Legacy, Modern, Vintage, Pauper, and Oathbreaker, but its home is Commander by a wide margin. In 60-card formats, paying one mana to grant haste without a permanent effect is almost never worth a deck slot when static haste enablers exist. In Pauper it at least costs nothing in terms of rarity restrictions, but the same logic applies — there are cleaner ways to give haste. Commander is where Bloodthorn Taunter's tap ability shines: decks that generate creatures repeatedly (Krenko, Mob Boss; Jetmir, Nexus of Revels; any token shell) extract more value per activation than a one-shot 60-card deck ever could.
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Price Context
Current price
$0.10 bulk tier
At $0.10, Bloodthorn Taunter is deep bulk — buy a playset without thinking about it. Price movement on a common with this narrow a role is essentially zero, so treat it as a free inclusion rather than any kind of financial consideration.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.