Hunted Witness
Creature — Human
When this creature dies, create a 1/1 white Soldier creature token with lifelink.
- CMC
- 1
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- W
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Guilds of Ravnica
- Price
- $0.25
- EDHREC rank
- #7512
Hunted Witness dies and hands you a 1/1 Lifelink token — two bodies for one mana, no conditions attached. Under Teysa Karlov, that death trigger fires twice, making it one of the most efficient sacrifice fodder pieces in white.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Teysa Karlov
Teysa Karlov doubles death triggers, so when Hunted Witness dies it produces two Lifelink tokens instead of one — that's three bodies total from a single white mana, which is the kind of math that breaks sacrifice loops.
Extus, Oriq Overlord
Extus, Oriq Overlord wants cheap humans to sacrifice and recur, and Hunted Witness fits both criteria — it's a human, it costs one mana, and the token it leaves behind gives you another sacrifice target for the next loop.
Elas il-Kor, Sadistic Pilgrim
Elas il-Kor, Sadistic Pilgrim drains opponents on every creature death, so Hunted Witness entering and dying generates two drain triggers in a single transaction — efficient even before you count the Lifelink token sticking around.
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 |
In Commander, Hunted Witness is a role-player, not a headliner — it earns its slot exclusively in sacrifice and death-trigger shells where the token matters as much as the creature. In Pauper it's a legitimate piece, providing two bodies at common in token-aristocrats strategies that need cheap fodder to fuel Altars and Carrion Feeders. Modern and Pioneer have enough redundancy at one mana that Hunted Witness rarely makes the cut outside of fringe sacrifice brews — Doomed Traveler does nearly the same job and has more established support. Legacy and Vintage are too fast for a 1/1 that needs to die to matter.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.25 bulk tier
At $0.25, Hunted Witness is firmly bulk — easy to pick up in any trade binder or as a throw-in. Bulk one-drops with niche applications rarely climb unless a new commander pushes the archetype hard, so treat it as a cheap functional piece rather than anything to spec on.
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Sources
Mentioned
- Teysa Karlov
- Extus, Oriq Overlord
- Elas il-Kor, Sadistic Pilgrim
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.