Dust Stalker
Creature — Eldrazi
Devoid (This card has no color.)
Haste
At the beginning of each end step, if you control no other colorless creatures, return this creature to its owner's hand.
- CMC
- 4
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- BR
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- Battle for Zendikar
- Price
- $0.23
- EDHREC rank
- #22287
Dust Stalker lands as a 5/3 haste for four mana — that's a rate aggressive decks want — but it returns to your hand at the end of each turn unless you control another colorless creature. The bounce clause is a real cost that demands deck construction work, not something you can ignore.
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 |
Dust Stalker is legal in Commander, Legacy, Modern, Pioneer, Vintage, and Oathbreaker. In Commander it belongs in colorless or Eldrazi-heavy builds where colorless permanents are plentiful enough to keep it on the battlefield consistently — think Eldrazi tribal under commanders that flood the board with colorless threats. In competitive formats like Legacy and Modern it's never been a factor; the bounce clause is too punishing in singleton-adjacent shells where you can't reliably maintain a colorless creature alongside it, and faster threats exist at the same mana cost. Pioneer is the same story — the clause disqualifies it from aggressive creature strategies that don't commit to a colorless theme.
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Price Context
Current price
$0.23 bulk tier
At $0.23, Dust Stalker is firmly bulk — you're not paying for scarcity, you're paying for cardboard. It won't hold or appreciate in value, but in the narrow niche where it actually works, the price makes it a zero-regret pickup.
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Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.