Drownyard Behemoth
Creature — Eldrazi Crab
Flash (You may cast this spell any time you could cast an instant.)
Emerge 
(You may cast this spell by sacrificing a creature and paying the emerge cost reduced by that creature's mana value.)
This creature has hexproof as long as it entered this turn.
- CMC
- 9
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- U
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Eldritch Moon
- Price
- $0.08
- EDHREC rank
- #18680
Drownyard Behemoth lands as an 8/8 flash hexproof for effectively zero mana if you control enough Islands — the on-board threat is real, and the cost is the entire game. Outside of dedicated Island-count decks like Charix, the Raging Isle, the setup cost is prohibitive enough that this sits in bulk binders for good reason.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Charix, the Raging Isle
Charix, the Raging Isle runs the highest Island counts in Commander by design, which is exactly what makes Drownyard Behemoth a free finisher there — in a deck stacking 20-plus Islands, this is an 8/8 flash hexproof that costs nothing, which is a harder-to-answer threat than almost anything else at that mana value.
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 |
Drownyard Behemoth is legal across Commander, Legacy, Modern, Pioneer, Vintage, and Oathbreaker, but competitive constructed formats have zero interest in it — no Island-stacking shell exists in Legacy or Modern that wants an 8/8 over faster, cheaper threats. In Commander, the card is narrowly playable and only in high-Island-count builds; Charix, the Raging Isle is essentially the only home where the reduction reliably reaches zero. Everywhere else, Drownyard Behemoth is a novelty — big, hexproof, flashy, and almost never worth the slot.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.08 bulk tier
At $0.08, Drownyard Behemoth is deep bulk — buy it for pennies if you're building Charix, the Raging Isle and don't expect the price to move. Narrow cards with one real home don't climb unless that commander spikes in popularity, and there's no sign of that here.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.