Horned Stoneseeker
Creature — Lizard
Menace
When this creature enters, create a tapped Powerstone token. (It's an artifact with "
: Add 
. This mana can't be spent to cast a nonartifact spell.")
When this creature leaves the battlefield, sacrifice a Powerstone.
- CMC
- 2
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- R
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- The Brothers' War
- Price
- $0.08
- EDHREC rank
- #22163
Horned Stoneseeker enters with a land-fetch attached — you get a 2/3 body and a basic land straight to the battlefield, no mana investment beyond the three-mana cast. That's a ramp spell stapled to a creature, which is exactly the kind of redundancy green midrange and landfall decks want.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Horned Stoneseeker is a Commander card through and through — the three-mana ramp creature slot is competitive in a 100-card singleton format where redundancy matters and landfall synergies run deep. In Modern and Pioneer it's simply too slow; a 2/3 that fetches one basic competes against ramp and threat density that operates two turns faster. Legacy and Vintage have no interest in this kind of incremental value. Commander is where Horned Stoneseeker earns its slot, specifically in green decks that care about land count, landfall triggers, or both.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.08 bulk tier
At $0.08, Horned Stoneseeker is deep bulk — pickup cost is essentially nothing if you're already ordering a singles haul. Bulk commons and uncommons at this price rarely move up unless a format shift or reprint lottery creates demand, so treat it as a free inclusion rather than a financial hold.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.