Drumhunter
Creature — Human Druid Warrior
At the beginning of your end step, if you control a creature with power 5 or greater, you may draw a card.
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- CMC
- 4
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- G
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- The List
- Price
- $0.27
- EDHREC rank
- #7706
Drumhunter puts a 2/2 body on the board that draws you a card at the end of each turn you control a creature with power 5 or greater — that's a repeatable draw engine for any deck already running fatties. The four-mana cost is the honest caveat: in a list without consistent big threats, like Radha, Heir to Keld shells that spike to large power fast, it underperforms immediately.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Radha, Heir to Keld
Radha, Heir to Keld attacks with the power to trigger Drumhunter on her own once she's pumped, turning the tap-for-mana gameplan into a card-per-turn draw engine on top of the combat math.
Atarka, World Render
Atarka, World Render is a 6/4 flying trampler that trivially satisfies Drumhunter's power-5 clause the moment she hits the battlefield, giving dragon-tribal lists a low-cost draw piece that pays out every end step a big threat survives.
Ruby, Daring Tracker
Ruby, Daring Tracker's play pattern leans on large creatures tracking down prey, and Drumhunter slots in as a reliable draw trigger whenever any of those threats meets the power threshold.
Zilortha, Strength Incarnate
Zilortha, Strength Incarnate helms lists built wall-to-wall with high-power creatures, so Drumhunter almost always fires — converting that battlefield density into a card advantage engine that scales with the board.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | not legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Drumhunter is a Commander card — full stop. The repeatable end-step draw requires staying power that only the 100-card singleton format consistently rewards, and the density of high-power creatures in Commander means the trigger fires regularly. In Legacy and Vintage it's technically legal but never played; four mana for a 2/2 with a conditional draw trigger is nowhere near the power threshold those formats demand. Modern is the same story: the card sees no competitive play there. Commander, and to a lesser extent Oathbreaker, are the only homes where Drumhunter does meaningful work.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.27 bulk tier
At $0.27, Drumhunter is deep bulk — the kind of card you pull from a dollar bin without a second thought. It holds that floor comfortably given its narrow appeal, so there's no price risk in picking up copies for every green creature deck that needs it.
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Sources
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.