Crested Herdcaller
Creature — Dinosaur
Trample
When this creature enters, create a 3/3 green Dinosaur creature token with trample.
- CMC
- 5
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- G
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Game Night 2019
- Price
- $0.34
- EDHREC rank
- #18356
Crested Herdcaller enters and immediately puts two bodies on the board — a 3/3 and a 3/3 trample token — for five mana, which is a reasonable rate in any token or go-wide strategy. The trample on the token is the detail that matters: it punches through chump-blocker walls in a way that comparable token producers don't.
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 |
Crested Herdcaller is a Commander card — full stop. In competitive Constructed formats like Modern, Pioneer, and Legacy, five mana for a pair of 3/3s is too slow and too easy to answer before it generates value. Commander is where the math works: board presence matters more than tempo, and two bodies for one card is inherent card advantage that compounds with token doublers and attack triggers. The 3/3 trample token specifically earns its slot in go-wide decks that need to push damage through a field of 1/1 blockers.
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Price Context
Current price
$0.34 bulk tier
At $0.34, Crested Herdcaller is pure bulk — easy to pick up in any trade binder or as a throw-in. Don't expect the price to move; it's a narrow token-synergy piece with no competitive demand pulling it upward.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.