Bonded Fetch
Creature — Homunculus
Defender, haste
: Draw a card, then discard a card.
- CMC
- 3
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- U
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Time Spiral Remastered
- Price
- $0.33
- EDHREC rank
- #15636
Bonded Fetch enters with haste and immediately replaces itself by looting — you get the discard trigger and the card selection before your opponent can answer it. The three-mana cost is the ceiling on its ambition, but in any deck that wants cards in the graveyard, Oskar, Rubbish Reclaimer chief among them, that rate is more than acceptable.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Oskar, Rubbish Reclaimer
Bonded Fetch is a repeatable loot engine that feeds Oskar, Rubbish Reclaimer directly — every activation pitches a nonland card for Oskar to cast for free, turning a utility creature into a card-advantage machine that compounds every turn it survives.
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 |
Bonded Fetch is legal in Commander, Legacy, Modern, Vintage, and Oathbreaker, but it only sees meaningful play in Commander. In Legacy and Vintage, three mana for a loot effect attached to a fragile 0/2 is nowhere near competitive — those formats have cheaper, faster ways to fill the graveyard. Modern has the same problem; the effect isn't strong enough to justify the body. Commander is where Bonded Fetch earns its slot, specifically in graveyard-synergy builds that want repeatable discard outlets on a creature rather than on an artifact or enchantment.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.33 bulk tier
At $0.33, Bonded Fetch sits firmly in bulk territory — pick it up without hesitation if the deck calls for it. Bulk rares with narrow applications rarely climb, so don't expect the price to move unless a graveyard commander breaks out and drives demand.
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Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.