Hotfoot Gnome
Artifact Creature — Gnome
Haste
: Another target creature gains haste until end of turn.
- CMC
- 3
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- R
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- The Lost Caverns of Ixalan
- Price
- $0.08
- EDHREC rank
- #18152
Hotfoot Gnome gives every artifact creature you control haste and a free equip activation each turn — on a 1/1 body for three mana. It's a niche enabler that earns its slot only in dedicated artifact-creature synergy builds; everywhere else, it's too slow and too narrow.
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 |
Hotfoot Gnome is a Commander card through and through — the effect is too parasitic for formats where you're trying to win games quickly. In competitive 60-card formats like Modern or Pioneer, a three-mana 1/1 that enables haste for artifact creatures simply doesn't pull enough weight against faster, more redundant strategies. In Pauper it's legal but irrelevant; the format's artifact synergies don't need a slow anthem-adjacent enabler. Commander is where Hotfoot Gnome has a real argument: in artifact-creature-heavy decks that want to swing with newly deployed threats the same turn they land, the haste grant across the board can close games or apply immediate pressure before opponents stabilize.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.08 bulk tier
At $0.08, Hotfoot Gnome is deep bulk — it costs nothing to pick up and nothing to cut. Price won't move unless a Commander printing pushes it into a top-tier synergy slot, which isn't on the horizon.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.