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Broodhatch Nantuko

Creature — Insect Druid

Whenever this creature is dealt damage, you may create that many 1/1 green Insect creature tokens.
Morph {2}{G} (You may cast this card face down as a 2/2 creature for {3}. Turn it face up any time for its morph cost.)

CMC
2
Mana cost
{1}{G}
Color identity
G
Rarity
uncommon
Set
The List
Price
$0.13
EDHREC rank
#7261
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Broodhatch Nantuko card art
Broodhatch Nantuko turns every damage source aimed at it into an Insect army — pair it with a free sacrifice outlet like Goblin Bombardment and you're converting a single attack into a board full of tokens before the combat step resolves. The two-mana floor is low enough that Grist, the Hunger Tide lists treat it as a near-automatic include, not a flex slot.

Best Commanders

Commanders with the highest synergy

01
Grist, the Hunger Tide

Grist, the Hunger Tide

52.8% of decks · synergy 0.51

Grist, the Hunger Tide wants a critical mass of Insects to fuel its mill-and-sacrifice engine, and Broodhatch Nantuko delivers a scalable token payoff every time an opponent tries to trade combat damage with it.

02
Zask, Skittering Swarmlord

Zask, Skittering Swarmlord

44.0% of decks · synergy 0.42

Zask, Skittering Swarmlord cares about Insects dying and entering the battlefield, so Broodhatch Nantuko feeding token floods directly into both triggers makes it one of the deck's better two-drops.

03
Kaust, Eyes of the Glade

Kaust, Eyes of the Glade

36.1% of decks · synergy 0.36

Kaust, Eyes of the Glade rewards large swarms and creatures entering untapped, and Broodhatch Nantuko can generate a wave of Insect tokens in a single combat to immediately exploit those attack triggers.

05
Xira, the Golden Sting

Xira, the Golden Sting

28.0% of decks · synergy 0.28

Xira, the Golden Sting uses Insects as a resource engine, and Broodhatch Nantuko adds a resilient token producer that punishes opponents for blocking or pinging it in the early game.

Format Analysis

Where it lives, where it can’t

FormatVerdict
commander legal
legacy legal
modern not legal
pioneer not legal
standard not legal
vintage legal
pauper not legal
oathbreaker legal

Commander is where Broodhatch Nantuko actually lives — Insect tribal synergies, sacrifice payoffs, and damage-doubling effects are all common enough that it reliably finds a home in dedicated lists. Legacy and Vintage allow it but offer no competitive context where a fragile two-mana creature that needs to be damaged to produce value keeps pace with either format's threats. Oathbreaker is the one fringe format where it's worth considering if your planeswalker commander cares about Insects or token flooding.

Key Combos

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Price Context

Current price

$0.13 bulk tier

At $0.13, Broodhatch Nantuko is deep bulk — you're picking it up as a throw-in or out of a common box, not paying a premium. That price is stable because demand is narrow and casual rather than broad, so don't expect movement in either direction.

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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.