Hammerhead Shark
Creature — Shark
This creature can't attack unless defending player controls an Island.
- CMC
- 2
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- U
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Tempest Remastered
- Price
- —
- EDHREC rank
- #24490
Hammerhead Shark is a vanilla 3/3 for four mana with no abilities — it does nothing beyond occupying a slot on the board. There is no Commander context where this is the right card for the job.
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 | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Hammerhead Shark is legal in Commander, Legacy, Vintage, Pauper, and Oathbreaker, but legality is not an endorsement. In Commander, a vanilla 3/3 for four is unplayable — the format's singleton structure and 40-life totals demand every card pull weight, and this one pulls nothing. Pauper is the only format where commons matter by definition, but even there a 3/3 for four with no text fails basic rate checks against nearly every other option at the same cost.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
unknown tier
No reliable price data is available for Hammerhead Shark, which tracks — demand for a vanilla common is effectively zero. If you need a copy for a cube oddity or a collection, expect near-bulk pricing; it is not worth seeking out for gameplay purposes.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.