Creepy Puppeteer
Creature — Human Rogue
Haste
Whenever this creature attacks, if you attacked with exactly one other creature this combat, you may have that creature's base power and toughness become 4/3 until end of turn.
- CMC
- 4
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- R
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- Innistrad: Crimson Vow
- Price
- $0.24
- EDHREC rank
- #24618
Creepy Puppeteer gives your creatures +1/+1 counters whenever you drop a creature with a higher power into play — free, permanent growth stapled onto your normal gameplan. The cost is a four-mana 3/3 with no protection, which means it has to survive a full rotation of the table to pay off.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Commander is where Creepy Puppeteer lives. Token swarm and counter-stacking strategies can trigger it repeatedly in a single turn cycle, and the four-mana slot is competitive but not prohibitive in midrange creature builds. In Modern and Legacy, a 3/3 for four with a conditional triggered ability isn't close to the rate those formats demand. Pioneer is marginally more forgiving, but you're still playing a slow value engine in a format with faster threats. Stick to Commander.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.24 bulk tier
At $0.24, Creepy Puppeteer is bulk — easy to pick up and easy to cut without regret. Don't expect that price to move; it's a narrow build-around with low cross-format demand.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.