Cazur, Ruthless Stalker
Legendary Creature — Human Warrior
Partner with Ukkima, Stalking Shadow (When this creature enters, target player may put Ukkima into their hand from their library, then shuffle.)
Whenever a creature you control deals combat damage to a player, put a +1/+1 counter on that creature.
- CMC
- 4
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- G
- Rarity
- mythic
- Set
- Commander 2020
- Price
- $0.55
- EDHREC rank
- #7595
Cazur, Ruthless Stalker turns any unblocked hit into a +1/+1 counter engine, and the moment a creature already has a counter when it connects, the payoff doubles. Felix Five-Boots is the natural partner — doubling triggers means Cazur's ability fires twice per unblocked creature, which compounds counters fast enough to end games.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Felix Five-Boots
Felix Five-Boots runs Cazur, Ruthless Stalker in nearly half its decks because the two form the core of a self-reinforcing engine: Felix doubles triggered abilities, so each unblocked creature generates two counters instead of one, and those counters immediately satisfy Cazur's condition for the doubled trigger on the next attack.
Gonti, Canny Acquisitor
Gonti, Canny Acquisitor wants creatures that reward connecting with opponents, and Cazur, Ruthless Stalker delivers a counter on every unblocked hit — keeping Gonti's own power growing while fueling the broader theft-and-tempo gameplan.
Otrimi, the Ever-Playful
Otrimi, the Ever-Playful is a trample-and-mutate commander that reliably connects, and Cazur, Ruthless Stalker converts those successful attacks into a steady counter accumulation that makes the mutate stack increasingly difficult to race.
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 |
Cazur, Ruthless Stalker is a Commander card — a four-mana 4/3 with no evasion of its own is too slow and too conditional for Legacy or Vintage, where it's technically legal but irrelevant. In Commander the picture is different: the multiplayer environment means at least one opponent usually leaves a creature unblocked, so Cazur's trigger fires consistently, and a single partner combination with Felix Five-Boots turns it into a genuine threat. Oathbreaker is legal but narrow; the 20-life total compresses the game too much for a counter-doubling payoff that needs several attack steps to snowball.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.55 bulk tier
At $0.55, Cazur, Ruthless Stalker is deep bulk — a fraction of a dollar for a card that appears in nearly half of all Felix Five-Boots builds. That price is stable; casual demand is steady but never spiking, so there's no urgency either way.
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Sources
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.