Karplusan Hound
Creature — Dog
Whenever this creature attacks, if you control a Chandra planeswalker, this creature deals 2 damage to any target.
- CMC
- 4
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- R
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Dominaria
- Price
- $0.12
- EDHREC rank
- #24220
Karplusan Hound hits the board as a 3/3 with a triggered ability that deals damage whenever you untap a Chandra planeswalker — the payoff is real, but it lives and dies on whether your deck is built around that specific synergy. Outside of dedicated Chandra piles, it's a vanilla 3/3 for four mana, which is unplayable by any competitive standard.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Chandra, Fire of Kaladesh
Chandra, Fire of Kaladesh flips into a planeswalker the turn she attacks, and Karplusan Hound turns every subsequent untap of her into a free damage trigger — together they form a redundant pressure engine that makes the whole package more consistent.
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 |
Karplusan Hound is a Commander card, full stop. In 60-card formats like Modern and Pioneer, a 3/3 for four mana with a narrow tribal-planeswalker trigger has no competitive role — creature efficiency expectations are too high and dedicated Chandra shells don't exist at any meaningful level. Legacy and Vintage give it no traction either; the power floor is simply too low for those formats. In Commander, Karplusan Hound earns its slot in exactly one context: a Chandra-focused deck where the untap trigger stacks with other damage sources and the creature type itself matters for any canine or Warrior synergies you're threading in.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.12 bulk tier
At $0.12, Karplusan Hound is pure bulk — zero financial risk to pick up a copy. That price reflects honest market demand: it's a narrow card with a small but real audience in Chandra Commander builds, and it's unlikely to spike without a significant reprint or new Chandra synergy piece pushing the archetype into popularity.
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Sources
Mentioned
- Chandra, Fire of Kaladesh
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.