Cliffrunner Behemoth
Creature — Rhino Beast
This creature has haste as long as you control a red permanent.
This creature has lifelink as long as you control a white permanent.
- CMC
- 4
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- G
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- Conflux
- Price
- $0.33
- EDHREC rank
- #25163
Cliffrunner Behemoth is a 5/3 that costs one mana if you control a red or green permanent — in the right deck, that's a turn-one 5/3 with haste and trample. The condition is trivially easy to meet in any Gruul shell, making this one of the most efficient threats at its price point.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | not legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Cliffrunner Behemoth sees essentially zero competitive play in Legacy, Modern, or Vintage — those formats have faster, more resilient threats that don't depend on a board state to reduce cost. In Commander, it finds a home in aggressive Gruul decks where a near-free 5/3 with haste and trample applies early pressure before opponents stabilize. The caveat is that Commander games go long, and a vanilla beater with no enters-the-battlefield effect or lategame relevance tends to underperform once the table catches up. Run it if your deck is built to kill early; cut it if you're playing a midrange or combo shell where it just becomes a speed bump.
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Price Context
Current price
$0.33 bulk tier
At $0.33, Cliffrunner Behemoth is deep bulk — you're not paying for it, you're paying for the sleeve. It won't hold or lose value in any meaningful way; this is a card you pick out of a bulk bin and never think about again.
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.