Darling of the Masses
Creature — Elf Citizen
Other Citizens you control get +1/+0.
Whenever this creature attacks, create a 1/1 green and white Citizen creature token.
- CMC
- 4
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- GW
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Streets of New Capenna
- Price
- $0.06
- EDHREC rank
- #21716
Darling of the Masses enters with a power and toughness equal to the number of creatures your opponents control, making it an immediate blocker that scales into a serious threat at any table with populated boards. The cost is that its stat line is entirely reactive — if opponents have few creatures out, you're paying full price for a small body.
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 Darling of the Masses earns its slot — multiplayer tables routinely have 10–20 creatures in play, and a single card that arrives as a 12/12 for its mana cost is hard to ignore in any creature-based strategy. In 60-card formats like Modern and Pioneer, opponent boards are typically sparse enough that Darling of the Masses is too unreliable to compete with threats that don't depend on opponents for their stats. Legacy and Vintage move too fast for a card with no enters-the-battlefield effect or protection. Oathbreaker splits the difference — two-player games cut the ceiling roughly in half, which blunts the upside considerably.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.06 bulk tier
At $0.06, Darling of the Masses is deep bulk — the kind of card you pull from a box rather than order. Bulk rares rarely appreciate unless they find a competitive home, and nothing about this card's design suggests that's coming.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.