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Garruk, Cursed Huntsman

Legendary Planeswalker — Garruk

0: Create two 2/2 black and green Wolf creature tokens with "When this token dies, put a loyalty counter on each Garruk you control."
−3: Destroy target creature. Draw a card.
−6: You get an emblem with "Creatures you control get +3/+3 and have trample."

CMC
6
Mana cost
{4}{B}{G}
Color identity
BG
Rarity
mythic
Set
Throne of Eldraine Promos
Price
$2.08
EDHREC rank
#3684
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Garruk, Cursed Huntsman card art
Garruk, Cursed Huntsman lands on turn six and immediately threatens to run away with the game — two 2/2 wolves plus a loyalty-building minus means he can protect himself and still tick toward his emblem. The cost is real: six mana is a lot to ask, and he dies to any removal spell before you untap, but in a shell with The Chain Veil or Carth the Lion doubling his activations, the payoff is lopsided enough to justify the investment.

Best Commanders

Commanders with the highest synergy

01
Carth the Lion

Carth the Lion

93.0% of decks · synergy 0.86

Carth the Lion is the definitive home — his passive gives Garruk, Cursed Huntsman an extra loyalty counter on every activation, letting you sprint toward the game-ending emblem in two turns instead of four while Carth's tutor effect finds him in the first place.

02
Hazel of the Rootbloom

Hazel of the Rootbloom

59.3% of decks · synergy 0.53

Hazel of the Rootbloom cares about tokens and can copy activated abilities, so each Garruk, Cursed Huntsman wolf-making activation becomes a flood of bodies that Hazel can immediately leverage for counters and additional value.

03
Xavier Sal, Infested Captain

Xavier Sal, Infested Captain

27.8% of decks · synergy 0.27

Xavier Sal, Infested Captain rewards you for making tokens with incubate triggers, and Garruk, Cursed Huntsman's steady stream of 2/2 wolves feeds that engine on every cycle around the table.

05
Agent Frank Horrigan

Agent Frank Horrigan

23.2% of decks · synergy 0.16

Agent Frank Horrigan's power scales off the number of creatures you control, and Garruk, Cursed Huntsman provides a recurring, hard-to-interact-with source of bodies that keeps Frank's stats climbing turn over turn.

Format Analysis

Where it lives, where it can’t

FormatVerdict
commander legal
legacy legal
modern legal
pioneer legal
standard not legal
vintage legal
pauper not legal
oathbreaker legal

Commander is where Garruk, Cursed Huntsman actually lives — the format's slower clock gives him time to tick up, and multiplayer politics mean an emblem that buffs your whole team can close out three opponents at once. In competitive Commander he's too slow and too vulnerable, but in mid-power and token-focused builds he earns his slot. In Legacy and Vintage he's legal but essentially invisible; six-mana planeswalkers don't compete in formats where the game is often over by turn two or three. Pioneer is the same story — he's legal, but the format is too fast and the planeswalker competition too dense for a six-drop to see serious play. Oathbreaker is an interesting fringe case where he can serve as the signature spell target for a Carth-style value engine.

Key Combos

Combo lines featuring this card

2 decks
The Chain VeilAshnod's AltarTeferi, Who Slows the SunsetGarruk, Cursed Huntsman

The Chain VeilAshnod's AltarTeferi, Who Slows the SunsetGarruk, Cursed Huntsman

Infinite activations of most planeswalkers; Infinite death triggers; Infinite ETB; Infinite lifegain; Infinite lifegain triggers; Infinite LTB; Infinite mana creatures you control can produce; Infinite mana lands you control can produce; Infinite mana permanents you control can produce; Infinite sacrifice triggers; Infinite untap of creatures and lands you control

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The Chain VeilAshnod's AltarAphetto AlchemistIntruder AlarmGarruk, Cursed Huntsman

The Chain VeilAshnod's AltarAphetto AlchemistIntruder AlarmGarruk, Cursed Huntsman

Infinite activations of most planeswalkers; Infinite death triggers; Infinite ETB; Infinite LTB; Infinite mana artifacts you control can produce; Infinite mana creatures you control can produce; Infinite sacrifice triggers; Infinite untap of creatures; Infinite untap of artifacts you control; Infinite untap of creatures you control

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Price Context

Current price

$2.08 cheap tier

At $2.08, Garruk, Cursed Huntsman sits in the rare-but-accessible tier — a six-mana mythic planeswalker for under three dollars is a genuine bargain, largely because his power level doesn't translate outside Commander. That price is unlikely to move much without a reprint or a breakout Carth the Lion finish pushing demand.

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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.