Ichneumon Druid
Creature — Human Druid
Whenever an opponent casts an instant spell other than the first instant spell that player casts each turn, this creature deals 4 damage to that player.
- CMC
- 3
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- G
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Legends
- Price
- $3.60
- EDHREC rank
- #27530
Ichneumon Druid shuts off every instant and sorcery your opponents control the moment it enters — a hard tax that turns spell-heavy tables into a ghost town. Two mana for that kind of static lock is aggressively costed, and green has no shortage of ways to keep it alive.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | not legal |
| pioneer | not legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Commander is where Ichneumon Druid earns its keep: at any table running blue control, storm builds, or heavy interaction, it lands like a Leyline with legs. The more opponents you have, the more it punishes, making four-player pods its natural habitat. Legacy and Vintage are legal homes on paper, but fast mana and free spells mean it rarely survives long enough to matter against the decks it's targeting. Oathbreaker is a reasonable niche, particularly in creature-based green shells that can protect it.
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Price Context
Current price
$3.60 cheap tier
At $3.60, Ichneumon Druid sits in impulse-buy territory — cheap enough to slot into any green stax build without second-guessing the purchase. That price reflects its narrow but real demand; it won't spike unless a commander pushing green hate goes viral, but it also isn't going to zero.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.