Bounty of the Hunt
Instant
You may exile a green card from your hand rather than pay this spell's mana cost.
Distribute three +1/+1 counters among one, two, or three target creatures. For each +1/+1 counter you put on a creature this way, remove a +1/+1 counter from that creature at the beginning of the next cleanup step.
- CMC
- 5
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- G
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Coldsnap Theme Decks
- Price
- $0.56
- EDHREC rank
- #18278
Bounty of the Hunt puts three +1/+1 counters on your creatures at instant speed for free, pitched from your hand instead of paid with mana. The cost is real — you're down a card — but Sergeant John Benton turns that loss into a trigger, making the pitch feel much closer to a two-for-one.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Sergeant John Benton
Sergeant John Benton draws a card whenever you cast or copy a spell without paying its mana cost, which means Bounty of the Hunt triggers him every time — you're converting a discarded green card into a counter pump plus a fresh draw.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | not legal |
| pioneer | not legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
In Commander, Bounty of the Hunt earns its slot in decks that care about +1/+1 counters or need a surprise combat trick that doesn't tap out their mana. Legacy and Vintage see it occasionally in Solidarity-style pitch-spell packages where mana neutrality matters, but those slots are contested and it rarely makes the cut over interaction that does more. Bounty of the Hunt is not legal in Modern, Pioneer, Standard, or Pauper, so Commander is where it sees almost all of its meaningful play. In Oathbreaker it follows the same logic as Commander — powerful in counter-synergy shells, marginal elsewhere.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.56 bulk tier
At $0.56, Bounty of the Hunt sits firmly in bulk territory — easy to pick up without a second thought. Demand is narrow enough that the price is unlikely to climb unless a breakout Commander deck pushes it into wider circulation.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.