Codecracker Hound
Creature — Dog
When this creature enters, look at the top two cards of your library. Put one into your hand and the other into your graveyard.
Warp 
(You may cast this card from your hand for its warp cost. Exile this creature at the beginning of the next end step, then you may cast it from exile on a later turn.)
- CMC
- 3
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- U
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Edge of Eternities
- Price
- $0.21
- EDHREC rank
- #18166
Codecracker Hound enters the battlefield and immediately replaces itself with a Clue token, meaning the card-draw cost is baked into the body. The problem is that a three-mana 2/1 with no evasion is a bad deal anywhere outside of dedicated Clue and artifact synergy shells — Sophia, Dogged Detective is the home that makes it worth a slot.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Sophia, Dogged Detective
Sophia, Dogged Detective turns every Clue token into a damage trigger, so the Clue Codecracker Hound generates on entry isn't just card advantage — it's a direct attack on a player's life total before you've even cracked it open.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | legal |
| standard | legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Codecracker Hound is too slow and undersized to compete in Modern or Pioneer, where three mana buys bodies that end games rather than replace themselves. In Standard and Legacy it occupies the same awkward middle ground — playable in casual Clue-themed builds, invisible everywhere else. Commander is where it actually earns consideration, specifically in artifact-count or Clue-count payoff decks where the enter-the-battlefield trigger stacks with other Investigator effects and sacrifice outlets. Outside of those narrow shells, Codecracker Hound is a draft common doing draft-common work.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.21 bulk tier
At $0.21, Codecracker Hound is bulk — you're not paying for scarcity, you're paying for cardboard. It will stay in this range as long as it sees no breakout Standard or Modern play, which is unlikely given its statline.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.