Deadeye Harpooner
Creature — Dwarf Warrior
Revolt — When this creature enters, if a permanent left the battlefield under your control this turn, destroy target tapped creature an opponent controls.
- CMC
- 3
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- W
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Aether Revolt
- Price
- $0.09
- EDHREC rank
- #22930
Deadeye Harpooner enters the battlefield and kills a tapped creature — removal stapled to a body, no extra mana required beyond the cast. The cost is real: the trigger only fires if you control another creature with a +1/+1 counter on it, which makes this a build-around rather than a generic slot.
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 the natural home for Deadeye Harpooner — the format's creature-heavy tables mean tapped targets are plentiful, and counters-matter decks helmed by commanders like Marchesa, the Black Rose or Atraxa, Praetors' Voice generate the precondition effortlessly. Outside Commander, Deadeye Harpooner is legal in Legacy, Modern, Pioneer, and Vintage, but it sees essentially no play in any of them — conditional ETB removal on a three-mana 2/3 doesn't compete in formats where interaction needs to be cheaper and unconditional. Stick to Commander and counter-synergy builds specifically; elsewhere it's just a draft card.
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Price Context
Current price
$0.09 bulk tier
At $0.09, Deadeye Harpooner is deep bulk — you're paying for cardboard and postage, not the card itself. Bulk commons and uncommons at this price point don't hold or gain value, so pick it up purely for the function, not as a collection piece.
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.