Furtive Homunculus
Creature — Homunculus
Skulk (This creature can't be blocked by creatures with greater power.)
- CMC
- 2
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- U
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Shadows over Innistrad
- Price
- $0.05
- EDHREC rank
- #23763
Furtive Homunculus is a 2/1 with skulk for two mana — it gets in for damage reliably but does nothing else. Playable only in strategies that specifically reward cheap evasive bodies; everywhere else, it's outclassed by creatures that actually affect the board.
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 |
Furtive Homunculus finds its best home in Pauper, where the card pool is shallow enough that a consistent two-mana evasive body earns consideration in tempo or cipher-based blue decks. In Commander, a 2/1 that can't block well and carries no ETB or death trigger is nearly unplayable — the format demands more from every slot. Modern and Legacy have enough efficient creatures that Furtive Homunculus never makes the cut outside of extremely narrow brewsonly interested in skulk as a mechanic.
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Price Context
Current price
$0.05 bulk tier
At $0.05, Furtive Homunculus is deep bulk — the price reflects the demand accurately. There's no trajectory here that changes the math; pick it up only if a specific deck needs it, and don't expect the value to move.
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.