Head of the Homestead
Creature — Rabbit Citizen
When this creature enters, create two 1/1 white Rabbit creature tokens.
- CMC
- 5
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- GW
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Bloomburrow
- Price
- $0.18
- EDHREC rank
- #10561
Head of the Homestead enters with a +1/+1 counter for each other creature you control that shares a creature type with it — in a tribal deck that's already humming, that's a substantial body on arrival for four mana. Finneas, Ace Archer decks run it in nearly half their lists because the payoff is immediate and doesn't require setup beyond what the deck already wants to do.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Finneas, Ace Archer
Finneas, Ace Archer is a Rabbit tribal commander, and Head of the Homestead enters with a counter for every other Rabbit on board — it's a free size-check that converts your existing board into a credible threat without spending additional resources.
Cadira, Caller of the Small
Cadira, Caller of the Small goes wide with Rabbits, and Head of the Homestead rewards that density directly — the more tokens Cadira generates, the larger Head of the Homestead lands.
Baylen, the Haymaker
Baylen, the Haymaker generates Citizen, Farmer, and Halfling tokens at scale, and Head of the Homestead picks up a counter for each Halfling it shares a type with, making it a reliable late-game threat in a deck that already floods the board.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | legal |
| standard | legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Head of the Homestead is a Commander card in practice — its power scales with tribal density, and 100-card singleton formats are where you assemble enough same-type creatures to make the entry counters matter. In competitive 60-card formats like Modern or Pioneer, a four-mana 1/1 that grows on entry doesn't clear the bar when tribal payoffs at that cost are expected to do more immediately. Pauper is where it's technically legal but similarly outclassed by lower-to-the-ground options. Stick to Commander, specifically tribal builds with genuine creature-type redundancy.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.18 bulk tier
At $0.18, Head of the Homestead is bulk — easy to pick up as a throw-in or cheap online order. Bulk rares in tribal niches don't tend to climb unless the tribe gets a breakout commander, so don't expect the price to move.
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Sources
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.