Fen Hauler
Creature — Insect
Improvise (Your artifacts can help cast this spell. Each artifact you tap after you're done activating mana abilities pays for .)
This creature can't be blocked by artifact creatures.
- CMC
- 7
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- B
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Kaladesh Remastered
- Price
- —
- EDHREC rank
- #27786
Fen Hauler is a seven-mana 5/5 with menace and can't-be-countered, which means it lands through interaction but asks you to pay a steep price for a body that doesn't close games on its own. It earns a slot only in decks that specifically need an uncounterable threat or a cheap-to-cycle enabler, not as a generic finisher.
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 |
In Commander, Fen Hauler is a fringe inclusion — the can't-be-countered clause matters in counterspell-heavy pods, but seven mana for a 5/5 with menace is well below the rate you need to justify that slot. Pauper is where Fen Hauler sees its most credible play, since the common card pool makes a menace body with built-in counter-protection more relevant and the cycling cost is a real resource. In Legacy, Modern, and Pioneer the card is legal but essentially invisible — the rate is uncompetitive at every point on the curve where it would matter. Vintage follows the same logic: redundancy and power level make Fen Hauler irrelevant outside very narrow scenarios.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
unknown tier
Pricing data for Fen Hauler isn't currently available, but as a common with narrow competitive appeal it almost certainly sits at bulk or near-bulk — expect to find it in a common box for pennies. It's worth picking up if you specifically want it, but there's no urgency and no scarcity driving the price upward.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.