Hungering Yeti
Creature — Yeti
As long as you control a green or blue permanent, you may cast this spell as though it had flash. (You may cast it any time you could cast an instant.)
- CMC
- 5
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- R
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Fate Reforged
- Price
- $0.09
- EDHREC rank
- #30306
Hungering Yeti lands as a flash 4/4 that can ambush attackers or close a combat step, and the additional power and toughness it gains for each unused mana makes it scale into a genuine threat at any stage of the game. The catch is the greedy mana cost — triple green plus a colorless means it belongs in dedicated green stompy shells, not splash territory.
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 |
Hungering Yeti is a Commander card through and through — the format's longer games and larger mana pools let you cast it for absurd stats in the late game, and the flash clause means opponents have to respect it on every end step. In Modern and Pioneer it's outclassed by cheaper threats that don't demand triple green pips and a colorless, so it sees essentially no play there. Legacy and Vintage have zero interest given the competition. Hungering Yeti found its home exactly where you'd expect: big-green Commander decks that routinely tap out for seven or more mana and want a surprise body that ends board stalls.
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Price Context
Current price
$0.09 bulk tier
At $0.09, Hungering Yeti is deep bulk — you're picking it out of a common box, not paying for it. Demand is too niche and supply too plentiful for the price to move, so treat it as a free inclusion if it fits the deck.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.