Hunter's Insight
Instant
Choose target creature you control. Whenever that creature deals combat damage to a player or planeswalker this turn, draw that many cards.
- CMC
- 3
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- G
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Jumpstart
- Price
- $1.11
- EDHREC rank
- #1023
Hunter's Insight draws you cards equal to the combat damage a creature deals — on a single attack, that can be four, six, or ten cards for three mana. The cost is that it's a one-shot instant stapled to a creature connecting, which makes it blank against a well-timed block or removal spell; Legolas, Master Archer softens that risk considerably by pinging blockers out of the way before they can trade.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Legolas, Master Archer
Legolas, Master Archer's tap ability clears blockers before combat, which directly converts Hunter's Insight from a conditional draw spell into a reliable engine — 63% inclusion across nearly 3,000 decks reflects exactly how well the two pieces fit together.
The Howling Abomination
The Howling Abomination attacks as a large, naturally evasive threat with power that scales upward, and Hunter's Insight turns that one swing into a massive refuel — the combination rewards the aggressive, all-in style the deck wants to play.
Skullbriar, the Walking Grave
Skullbriar, the Walking Grave accumulates +1/+1 counters permanently, so Hunter's Insight gets better every game as Skullbriar's power grows, converting a commander that already demands answers into a card-draw engine that snowballs alongside it.
Atarka, World Render
Atarka, World Render and its dragons attack for double-strike damage, meaning Hunter's Insight triggers on both combat damage steps and can return a genuinely absurd number of cards off a single swing.
Jasmine Boreal of the Seven
Jasmine Boreal of the Seven encourages running vanilla and french-vanilla creatures that are often large and unblockable by virtue of sheer size, and Hunter's Insight rewards connecting with those threats by converting raw power into card advantage the deck otherwise struggles to generate.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | not legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Hunter's Insight is legal in Commander, Legacy, Modern, Vintage, and Oathbreaker — but Commander is the only format where it earns a regular slot. In competitive Legacy and Vintage, the rate doesn't clear the bar: sorcery-speed draw spells that require a creature to connect are simply too fragile in those formats, and cantrips or Ancestral Recall effects do the job without the risk. In Modern, a format where Counterspell and cheap removal are everywhere, Hunter's Insight folds too easily to a well-timed bolt in response to casting it. Commander is the sweet spot — attack triggers are reliable, threats are large, and a single connection for six or eight cards is the kind of burst refuel that wins games.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$1.11 cheap tier
At $1.11, Hunter's Insight sits firmly in the cheap tier and is one of the better values for creature-combat draw in green. The price is unlikely to erode further given consistent Commander demand, so there's no reason to delay picking up copies.
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Sources
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.