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Cubwarden

Creature — Cat

Mutate {2}{W}{W} (If you cast this spell for its mutate cost, put it over or under target non-Human creature you own. They mutate into the creature on top plus all abilities from under it.)
Lifelink
Whenever this creature mutates, create two 1/1 white Cat creature tokens with lifelink.

CMC
4
Mana cost
{3}{W}
Color identity
W
Rarity
rare
Set
Ikoria: Lair of Behemoths
Price
$0.37
EDHREC rank
#9024
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Cubwarden card art
Cubwarden enters with three 1/1 lifelink cats, making it one of the more board-presence-dense four-drops in white-green creature strategies. The cost is that none of those bodies are large, so it needs a payoff — Kiki-Jiki, Mirror Breaker copying it every turn or Ajani, Nacatl Pariah turning each token into a trigger pushes Cubwarden from filler to engine piece.

Best Commanders

Commanders with the highest synergy

01

Ajani, Nacatl Pariah

35.1% of decks · synergy 0.35

Ajani, Nacatl Pariah runs Cubwarden because every token it creates is a Cat — Ajani's triggered ability fires for each one, turning a single four-drop into three separate life-gain and damage triggers that pressure opponents and grow the board simultaneously.

02
Nethroi, Apex of Death

Nethroi, Apex of Death

30.5% of decks · synergy 0.30

Nethroi, Apex of Death retrieves Cubwarden for free on a mutate trigger, and because Cubwarden's power is zero, it slides under Nethroi's total power limit while bringing back up to three 1/1 lifelink tokens on top of everything else Nethroi drags out of the graveyard.

03
Arahbo, the First Fang

Arahbo, the First Fang

19.2% of decks · synergy 0.19

Arahbo, the First Fang turns every Cubwarden token into a meaningful combat threat — three 1/1 lifelink cats become three attacking bodies that each benefit from Arahbo's eminence pump, giving the deck both reach and incremental life advantage in the same slot.

Format Analysis

Where it lives, where it can’t

FormatVerdict
commander legal
legacy legal
modern legal
pioneer legal
standard not legal
vintage legal
pauper not legal
oathbreaker legal

Cubwarden is a Commander card through and through — the token generation and lifelink package is built for multiplayer boards where three bodies matter more than raw stats. In competitive Modern or Pioneer, a four-mana 3/5 that makes three 1/1s is too slow against the format's curve; Cubwarden sees essentially no play there. Legacy and Vintage are even less hospitable. In Commander, Cubwarden earns its slot in Cat tribal, mutate, and token-doubler shells where the tokens compound quickly and the lifelink provides meaningful insurance against faster opponents.

Key Combos

Combo lines featuring this card

Price Context

Current price

$0.37 bulk tier

At $0.37, Cubwarden is deep bulk — the kind of card you pick up without thinking twice. Bulk rares with narrow tribal applications rarely appreciate unless a commander pushes the tribe into the spotlight, so treat it as a cheap role-player rather than a spec.

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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.