Canopy Crawler
Creature — Beast
Amplify 1 (As this creature enters, put a +1/+1 counter on it for each Beast card you reveal in your hand.)
: Target creature gets +1/+1 until end of turn for each +1/+1 counter on this creature.
- CMC
- 4
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- G
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Legions
- Price
- $0.14
- EDHREC rank
- #28129
Canopy Crawler enters and hands out +1/+1 counters to your other creatures, making it a board-wide pump on a body — the cost is that it's a five-mana 2/3, which is a poor rate if the counters don't matter. Run it in decks that actively exploit counters; everywhere else, it's outclassed.
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 |
Canopy Crawler is a Commander card through and through — the format's multiplayer dynamics give you more creatures to buff, and +1/+1 counter synergies are deep enough there that the enter-the-battlefield trigger has real support. In Legacy and Vintage, where it's technically legal, a five-mana 2/3 with no immediate protection is unplayable against the format's threats and interaction density. Oathbreaker is the one other format where it could see fringe play, but only in a dedicated counters shell where every buff counts.
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Price Context
Current price
$0.14 bulk tier
At $0.14, Canopy Crawler is firmly bulk — you're not paying a premium for this effect, and there's no expectation that changes. Bulk creatures with narrow homes rarely move without a reprint in a high-profile product, so pick it up for pennies if the deck calls for it and don't think twice about the cost.
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.