Hoofprints of the Stag
Kindred Enchantment — Elemental
Whenever you draw a card, you may put a hoofprint counter on this enchantment.
, Remove four hoofprint counters from this enchantment: Create a 4/4 white Elemental creature token with flying. Activate only during your turn.
- CMC
- 2
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- W
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- Lorwyn
- Price
- $0.52
- EDHREC rank
- #9489
Hoofprints of the Stag turns every extra draw into a 4/4 flying Angel token — the payoff is enormous, but the setup cost is real: you need a steady stream of extra draws beyond your first each turn to make it tick. Run it in decks that generate multiple draw triggers per turn, or leave it for O'aka, Traveling Merchant tribal curiosity bins.
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 |
In Commander, Hoofprints of the Stag is a slow-burn payoff — it does nothing the turn it lands and requires a specific style of draw-heavy deck to function, but in the right shell it generates a recurring stream of 4/4 flyers that close games. Legacy and Vintage have the raw card-draw density to trigger it consistently, but those formats move too fast for a two-mana enchantment that asks you to play multiple cantrips before it produces anything; it simply doesn't make those cuts. Modern has the draw redundancy to fuel it, but again, the speed of the format outpaces what Hoofprints of the Stag offers at sorcery-speed token production. Commander is where it actually belongs: longer game lengths, dedicated draw engines, and enchantress synergies all give it time and fuel to dominate a board.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
O'aka, Traveling MerchantMind Over MatterHoofprints of the Stag
Infinite self-discard triggers; Infinite draw triggers; Infinite looting
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Current price
$0.52 bulk tier
At $0.52, Hoofprints of the Stag is firmly bulk — cheap enough to throw into any white draw-heavy Commander build without deliberation. The price is unlikely to move significantly; it's a niche enchantment that sees modest demand in a narrow set of decks, and supply is not constrained.
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Sources
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.