Elite Headhunter

Creature — Human Knight

Menace (This creature can't be blocked except by two or more creatures.)
{B/R}{B/R}{B/R}, Sacrifice another creature or an artifact: This creature deals 2 damage to target creature or planeswalker.

CMC
4
Mana cost
{B/R}{B/R}{B/R}{B/R}
Color identity
BR
Rarity
uncommon
Set
Throne of Eldraine
Price
$0.11
EDHREC rank
#26945
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Elite Headhunter card art
Elite Headhunter puts a 2/2 menace deathtouch body on the board that trades up with anything it blocks or attacks into — for four mana across two colors, that's a real rate. It's a solid role-player in Orzhov or multicolor midrange shells, not a format staple, but it earns its slot anywhere that wants a persistent, evasive threat with built-in combat dominance.

Format Analysis

Where it lives, where it can’t

FormatVerdict
commander
legacy
modern
pioneer
standard
vintage
pauper
oathbreaker

Elite Headhunter is legal in Commander, Legacy, Modern, Pioneer, Vintage, and Oathbreaker, but it's effectively a Commander card — the combination of menace and deathtouch is most valuable in a multiplayer environment where you need blockers to matter and attackers to be genuinely threatening. In Modern and Pioneer, a four-mana 2/2 with no immediate enters-the-battlefield effect doesn't clear the bar when the format demands more tempo per mana. Legacy and Vintage aren't formats where Elite Headhunter competes at all. Commander is the sweet spot: the stat line discourages blocks, the keywords create real deterrence, and the two-color cost is easy to meet in any black-white or three-plus color build.

Key Combos

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Price Context

Current price

$0.11 bulk tier

At $0.11, Elite Headhunter is deep bulk — you're paying for cardboard, not scarcity. That price is stable for what it is: a functional but replaceable midrange creature that sees modest Commander play and no meaningful competitive demand.

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    Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.