Gwafa Hazid, Profiteer
Legendary Creature — Human Rogue
, 
: Put a bribery counter on target creature you don't control. Its controller draws a card.
Creatures with bribery counters on them can't attack or block.
- CMC
- 3
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- UW
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- Battlebond
- Price
- $0.62
- EDHREC rank
- #9949
Gwafa Hazid, Profiteer locks down any creature permanently as long as you keep paying — the target can't attack, block, or use activated abilities, and its controller draws a card as the bribe tax. The cost is real: you're handing opponents cards and spending mana every turn to maintain the lock, so Gwafa Hazid, Profiteer earns his slot only in decks that weaponize that card draw, with The Council of Four being the clearest example.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
The Council of Four
The Council of Four rewards both players drawing cards, so every bribe Gwafa Hazid, Profiteer hands out feeds the commander's triggered ability — you're neutralizing a threat and generating value off the same activation. At a 16.7% inclusion rate across nearly 5,000 Council of Four decks, the pairing is well-established.
Kwain, Itinerant Meddler
Kwain, Itinerant Meddler is built around symmetrical card draw as a political and combo engine, and Gwafa Hazid, Profiteer slots in as a removal spell that also fuels that engine with each bribe. The 11.8% inclusion rate reflects how naturally the two overlap in Azorius group-hug shells.
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 | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Gwafa Hazid, Profiteer is a Commander card through and through — the political texture of bribes, the multiplayer card-draw symmetry, and the slow incremental lock all play best in a 100-card, four-player game where neutralizing one threat for several turns is worth the ongoing cost. In Legacy and Vintage, a three-mana creature that requires additional mana upkeep to do anything simply can't compete with the speed of those formats, and the activated ability will almost never resolve against counterspell-heavy blue decks. Oathbreaker is the one non-Commander format where Gwafa Hazid, Profiteer could see occasional play, given the lower starting life total and tighter card pools, though the format is niche enough that it rarely comes up.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.62 bulk tier
At $0.62, Gwafa Hazid, Profiteer is firmly bulk — you're picking it up for almost nothing relative to the role it fills. It's a narrow card with a loyal niche audience, so the price is stable rather than a bargain to chase.
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Sources
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.