Exquisite Huntmaster
Creature — Elf Warrior
When this creature dies, create a 1/1 green Elf Warrior creature token.
Encore (
, Exile this card from your graveyard: For each opponent, create a token copy that attacks that opponent this turn if able. They gain haste. Sacrifice them at the beginning of the next end step. Activate only as a sorcery.)
- CMC
- 4
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- B
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Commander Legends
- Price
- $0.21
- EDHREC rank
- #17960
Exquisite Huntmaster enters as a 4/3 with ward 2, immediately produces a 1/1 Elf Warrior token, and pumps your whole team whenever another Elf enters — all on a five-mana body that demands a real answer. The cost is real but the payoff is immediate: you get board presence and an anthem trigger the turn it lands, no setup required.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | not legal |
| pioneer | not legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
In Commander, Exquisite Huntmaster slots cleanly into any Elf tribal build — the token and anthem stack fast in a 100-card singleton format where you're reliably flooding the board. Pauper is where it earns real consideration: common-legal Elf synergies are strong, and a repeatable anthem on a ward-protected body is genuinely hard to answer at that rarity. Legacy and Vintage are legal but irrelevant — five mana is a non-starter in those formats when Elf payoffs exist at one and two.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.21 bulk tier
At $0.21, Exquisite Huntmaster is deep bulk — buy a playset without thinking about it. Bulk rares with tribal synergy can tick up if a popular precon or product reprint drives demand, but at this price the question is never value, it's just whether it fits your deck.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.