Citanul Druid
Creature — Human Druid
Whenever an opponent casts an artifact spell, put a +1/+1 counter on this creature.
- CMC
- 2
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- G
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Antiquities
- Price
- $8.28
- EDHREC rank
- #27240
Citanul Druid is a 2/3 for two mana that taps for green and gets +1/+1 for each artifact your opponents control — in an artifact-heavy pod, it's a legitimate beater that also ramps. The ceiling is high enough that it earns its slot in any green deck that expects to face Treasure tokens, Sol Rings, and artifact synergy piles across the table.
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 | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Commander is the natural home for Citanul Druid — multiplayer pods reliably stack artifacts between Mana Vault, Arcane Signet, and whatever combo player is assembling their engine, so the power boost is consistent and often substantial. In Pauper it's legal and has a cleaner niche, punishing artifact-heavy shells in a format where Affinity variants are real. Legacy and Vintage are both legal but Citanul Druid is far too slow for either format's pace and won't see play there. Outside of Commander and occasional Pauper brews, this card doesn't have a competitive home.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Budget Alternatives
Cheaper options that do most of the same work
Citanul Druid's closest analogues are cards that scale off opponents' artifacts — Myr Superion and Glissa Sunslayer aren't the same angle, so the honest answer is that the effect is narrow enough that replacements are usually just generic green mana dorks like Elvish Mystic or Llanowar Elves, which cost fractions of a cent and ramp without the conditional upside. If you want the punishing-artifacts angle specifically, Collector Ouphe and Titania's Song attack the same table dynamic but deny resources rather than converting them into a stat line.
Price Context
Current price
$8.28 mid tier
At $8.28, Citanul Druid sits in mid-tier pricing for a card with a very specific niche — that's a meaningful premium for a conditional creature that only earns its cost in artifact-dense metas. The price reflects age and scarcity more than sustained demand, so it's not a card where you're paying for competitive necessity.
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.