Floodchaser
Creature — Elemental
This creature enters with six +1/+1 counters on it.
This creature can't attack unless defending player controls an Island.
, Remove a +1/+1 counter from this creature: Target land becomes an Island until end of turn.
- CMC
- 6
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- U
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Morningtide
- Price
- $0.04
- EDHREC rank
- #28041
Floodchaser enters as an X/X where X is the number of +1/+1 counters already on creatures you control — a payoff that snowballs hard in counter-dense decks. The ceiling rivals Sage of Hours territory when your board is stacked, but the floor is a 0/0 that dies immediately if you play it into an empty field.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | not legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
In Commander, Floodchaser earns its slot in any deck that floods the board with +1/+1 counters — proliferate shells, Simic counters builds, or anything running Hardened Scales effects. Outside Commander, it's legal in Legacy, Vintage, Modern, and Pauper, but sees essentially no play in any of them; those formats move too fast for a six-mana creature whose size depends on setup you rarely have time to build. Pauper is its most plausible non-Commander home given the slower, grindier games, but even there Floodchaser faces stiff competition for the top of the curve.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.04 bulk tier
At $0.04, Floodchaser is deep bulk — you'll find it in bulk bins or as a throw-in before you'd ever pay shipping for it alone. The price reflects limited demand outside niche Commander builds, and there's no meaningful upside pressure unless a new counter-synergy commander spikes interest.
Explore
Sources
Mentioned
- Sage of Hours
- The Ozolith
- Mimic Vat
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.