Contraband Livestock
Instant
Exile target creature, then roll a d20.
1—9 | Its controller creates a 4/4 green Ox creature token.
10—19 | Its controller creates a 2/2 green Boar creature token.
20 | Its controller creates a 0/1 white Goat creature token.
- CMC
- 2
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- W
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- The List
- Price
- $0.31
- EDHREC rank
- #4835
Contraband Livestock spins every token your opponents make into a dice roll and a Treasure, converting the board state against you into resources for you. Mr. House, President and CEO turns each of those rolls into additional value, making Contraband Livestock one of the most efficient passive engines in that deck.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Mr. House, President and CEO
Mr. House, President and CEO triggers off every dice roll, so Contraband Livestock's guaranteed roll-per-token means every opponent's creature production directly fuels the House engine — the more token decks at the table, the more obscene the payoff.
Kambal, Profiteering Mayor
Kambal, Profiteering Mayor creates Citizen tokens whenever opponents cast noncreature spells, and Contraband Livestock converts the enemy tokens those same opponents generate into Treasures and rolls, giving Kambal decks a second axis of passive resource extraction.
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 |
Contraband Livestock is legal in Commander, Legacy, Vintage, and Oathbreaker, but its design is almost entirely Commander-native — a symmetry-punishing enchantment that rewards you for sitting across from token strategies and creature-heavy boards. In Legacy and Vintage it has no meaningful role; the formats move too fast and too narrowly for a three-mana enchantment that does nothing the turn it enters. Commander is where Contraband Livestock earns its keep, particularly in metas full of go-wide decks, since even one opponent running a token strategy can generate a stream of Treasures and dice rolls that compound quickly.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.31 bulk tier
At $0.31, Contraband Livestock is firmly bulk — easy to pick up as a throw-in or cheap singles order. Bulk rares with narrow commander homes don't tend to climb unless that commander spikes in popularity, so treat this as a low-cost include rather than a hold.
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Sources
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.