Humongulus
Creature — Homunculus
Hexproof (This creature can't be the target of spells or abilities your opponents control.)
- CMC
- 5
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- U
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- The List
- Price
- $0.21
- EDHREC rank
- #26543
Humongulus is a five-mana 2/4 with defender and ward 2 — a body that blocks reasonably but contributes nothing to your win condition. Unless you're specifically building around defender payoffs, there are better ways to spend five mana in blue.
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 | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Humongulus is legal in Commander, Legacy, Modern, Pioneer, Vintage, Pauper, and Oathbreaker, but the only format where it earns a slot is Pauper, where the defender archetype is a real strategy and the ward 2 tax is actually relevant against common removal. In Commander, five mana for a 2/4 that can't attack is a steep ask — Humongulus only makes the cut in dedicated defender builds helmed by commanders like Arcades, the Strategist, where the stat line is the point. Everywhere else, it's outclassed by creatures that either cost less, hit harder, or do more on resolution.
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Price Context
Current price
$0.21 bulk tier
At $0.21, Humongulus is bulk — you're paying for cardboard, not the card. Bulk commons rarely move on price unless a new mechanic or commander pushes the archetype, and nothing on the horizon does that for a vanilla-adjacent defender.
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Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.