Ghost Hounds
Creature — Dog Spirit
Vigilance
Whenever this creature blocks or becomes blocked by a white creature, this creature gains first strike until end of turn.
- CMC
- 2
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- B
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Homelands
- Price
- $0.17
- EDHREC rank
- #28811
Ghost Hounds is a 1/1 for three mana with banding and the ability to give a creature protection from black until end of turn — underwhelming stats for a crowded cost. Narrow utility and a body that trades down with nearly anything make it a difficult include in any serious list.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | not legal |
| pioneer | not legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Ghost Hounds is legal in Commander, Legacy, Vintage, and Oathbreaker, but legal doesn't mean playable. In Commander, a 1/1 for three with situational protection and banding — a mechanic with almost no synergy support in the modern card pool — competes against hundreds of more efficient white creatures. Legacy and Vintage have no interest in it whatsoever; those formats demand far more per mana. Ghost Hounds occupies the category of technically-legal, practically-ignored.
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Price Context
Current price
$0.17 bulk tier
At $0.17, Ghost Hounds is deep bulk — priced exactly where its playability puts it. Don't expect movement; demand is too thin to push this out of the bulk bin.
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Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.