Fairgrounds Trumpeter
Creature — Elephant
At the beginning of each end step, if a +1/+1 counter was put on a permanent under your control this turn, put a +1/+1 counter on this creature.
- CMC
- 3
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- G
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- March of the Machine
- Price
- $0.15
- EDHREC rank
- #18648
Fairgrounds Trumpeter is a self-growing 2/3 for three mana that gains a +1/+1 counter at end of turn whenever any permanent you control got a counter that turn — not just combat, any counter. The payoff is real in dedicated counter strategies, but it does nothing the turn it enters and competes for a crowded three-drop slot.
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 | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Commander is where Fairgrounds Trumpeter earns its keep, specifically in decks built around proliferate, energy, or +1/+1 counter synergies — commanders like Atraxa, Praetors' Voice or Zegana, Utopian Speaker turn it into a threat that outgrows removal quickly. In Pauper it's legal but too slow for a format that demands immediate impact at common. Modern and Pioneer have enough density of counter payoffs that it could see fringe play, but it rarely makes those cuts over more explosive three-drops. Legacy and Vintage don't want it at all.
Key Combos
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Price Context
Current price
$0.15 bulk tier
At $0.15, Fairgrounds Trumpeter sits firmly in bulk territory — pick it up without hesitation if the synergy fits. Bulk commons and uncommons at this price point don't appreciate, so treat it as a cheap piece of infrastructure rather than anything to acquire in quantity.
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Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.