Eager Trufflesnout
Creature — Boar
Trample (This creature can deal excess combat damage to the player or planeswalker it's attacking.)
Whenever this creature deals combat damage to a player, create a Food token. (It's an artifact with "
, 
, Sacrifice this token: You gain 3 life.")
- CMC
- 3
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- G
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Foundations
- Price
- $0.08
- EDHREC rank
- #14267
Eager Trufflesnout enters with a +1/+1 counter and puts a Food token onto the battlefield — two pieces of value stapled to a single card, which is exactly what The Cabbage Merchant wants to see. The cost of running it is essentially nothing: bulk rate, low mana investment, immediate board presence.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
The Cabbage Merchant
The Cabbage Merchant triggers off Food tokens entering the battlefield, so Eager Trufflesnout's automatic Food production on entry translates directly into +1/+1 counters spread across your board — it's one of the cleanest one-card engine enablers in the deck.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | legal |
| standard | legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Eager Trufflesnout is legal across every major format but it's a Commander card through and through — the Food synergy payoffs that make it worthwhile live almost exclusively in 100-card singleton. In competitive 60-card formats like Modern and Pioneer, a 2/2 that makes a single Food token doesn't clear the bar when dedicated Food synergy decks have access to tighter, more redundant pieces. Standard is the one 60-card context where it could see fringe play if a Food-matters shell emerges, but don't hold your breath. Commander is where Eager Trufflesnout earns its slot, specifically in token-doubling or counter-stacking builds that can squeeze compound value out of every Food that enters.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.08 bulk tier
At $0.08, Eager Trufflesnout is pure bulk — you're paying essentially nothing for a card that does real work in the right Commander shell. Bulk commons and uncommons with narrow synergy homes rarely move in price, so expect it to stay at this floor unless a breakout Food commander pushes demand.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.