Curious Herd
Instant
Choose target opponent. You create X 3/3 green Beast creature tokens, where X is the number of artifacts that player controls.
- CMC
- 4
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- G
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- Commander 2020
- Price
- $0.57
- EDHREC rank
- #9776
Curious Herd converts opponents' artifacts into a board of 3/3 Beasts — the more artifact-heavy your table, the more absurd the token count gets. Three mana for that kind of ceiling is a bargain, and Ruxa, Patient Professor turns every one of those vanilla Beasts into a genuine threat.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Ruxa, Patient Professor
Ruxa, Patient Professor only pumps creatures with no abilities, and the 3/3 Beasts Curious Herd generates are exactly that — a wide board of vanilla bodies that immediately benefit from Ruxa's anthem and trample-granting effect.
Slinza, the Spiked Stampede
Slinza, the Spiked Stampede rewards going wide with large creatures, and Curious Herd can drop a massive Beast army in a single spell against any artifact-heavy table, fueling the trample-and-counters engine Slinza wants.
Esix, Fractal Bloom
Esix, Fractal Bloom redirects the first token you create each turn into a copy of any creature on the battlefield, so the flood of Beasts from Curious Herd gives you multiple trigger opportunities across future turns to clone something dangerous.
Ygra, Eater of All
Ygra, Eater of All turns every creature that enters the battlefield into a Food, so the wave of 3/3 Beasts from Curious Herd doubles as a lifegain engine, converting raw token count directly into life total.
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 |
Commander is where Curious Herd lives — multiplayer tables routinely pack Sol Rings, Signets, and artifact synergy pieces, meaning a single cast can generate six or more tokens without trying. In Legacy and Vintage the card is technically legal but essentially irrelevant; artifact counts in those formats are high but the games are too fast for a three-mana sorcery that does nothing on its own. Oathbreaker functions similarly to Commander at a smaller table, where Curious Herd still scales reasonably against artifact-dense decks but has fewer targets on average.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.57 bulk tier
At $0.57, Curious Herd is firmly bulk — easy to pick up as a throw-in. The price reflects its narrow niche rather than its ceiling: in the right shell it massively overperforms its cost, but demand outside Commander token strategies is low enough to keep it there.
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Sources
Mentioned
- Ruxa, Patient Professor
- Slinza, the Spiked Stampede
- Esix, Fractal Bloom
- Ygra, Eater of All
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.