Cantivore
Creature — Lhurgoyf
Vigilance
Cantivore's power and toughness are each equal to the number of enchantment cards in all graveyards.
- CMC
- 3
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- W
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- Odyssey
- Price
- $0.46
- EDHREC rank
- #28496
Cantivore can hit the table as a massive threat — in an enchantment-heavy Commander deck, double digits of power and toughness with lifelink and vigilance is legitimate — but the payoff is entirely contingent on your graveyard being loaded with enchantments before it matters. It's a build-around finisher, not a standalone threat.
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 |
Commander is where Cantivore has its best shot, slotting into enchantress builds under commanders like Zur the Enchanter or Tuvasa the Sunlit that naturally stock the graveyard with enchantments through attrition and cycling. Legacy and Vintage are legal formats but offer no competitive home — a vanilla-statted creature whose power scales off a slow resource accumulation condition doesn't fit either format's tempo. Cantivore is absent from Modern, Pioneer, and Standard, which is academic given it wouldn't compete there anyway.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.46 bulk tier
At $0.46, Cantivore is bulk — the kind of card you pull from a binder or pick up as a throw-in. That price is unlikely to move; it's too niche to spike and too underpowered for broad demand.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.