Elite Headhunter
Creature — Human Knight
Menace (This creature can't be blocked except by two or more creatures.)
, Sacrifice another creature or an artifact: This creature deals 2 damage to target creature or planeswalker.
- CMC
- 4
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- BR
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Throne of Eldraine
- Price
- $0.11
- EDHREC rank
- #26945
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
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
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
Combo lines featuring this card
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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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.