Hunting Triad
Kindred Sorcery — Elf
Create three 1/1 green Elf Warrior creature tokens.
Reinforce 3—
(, Discard this card: Put three +1/+1 counters on target creature.)
- CMC
- 4
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- G
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Commander Anthology
- Price
- $0.28
- EDHREC rank
- #15352
Hunting Triad puts three 1/1 Elf Warriors onto the battlefield and then sits in the graveyard waiting to do it again — that's six bodies for six mana across two castings, which is a lot of board presence for a single card slot. Freyalise, Llanowar's Fury turns every one of those tokens into a mana source, which is why this card overperforms in the decks that actually want it.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Freyalise, Llanowar's Fury
Freyalise, Llanowar's Fury converts each Elf token Hunting Triad produces into a mana dork, so the first casting accelerates your board and the reinforce activation later in the game refuels it — the card does real work both times.
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 |
Hunting Triad is a Commander card through and through — the reinforce ability rewards longer games where you'll actually have the mana and the turns to use it twice, and token-doubling effects common in green Commander shells make three bodies into six. In Legacy and Vintage it's legal but irrelevant; competitive decks in those formats won't spend six mana across two spells on 1/1 tokens when faster, cheaper options exist. Hunting Triad occupies a comfortable niche in casual-to-mid-power Commander, particularly in Elf tribal and token-wide strategies that can exploit both halves of the card.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.28 bulk tier
At $0.28, Hunting Triad is bulk — you're not paying a premium for what it does, and that price reflects its narrow appeal outside of specific tribal Commander builds. It's stable bulk; there's no reason it spikes, but there's also no reason to pay more than a quarter for it.
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.