Kavu Mauler
Creature — Kavu
Trample
Whenever this creature attacks, it gets +1/+1 until end of turn for each other attacking Kavu.
- CMC
- 6
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- G
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- Apocalypse
- Price
- $0.29
- EDHREC rank
- #27632
Kavu Mauler is a green beatstick that scales with your opponents' greed — every spell they cast after it resolves pumps it for free, and trample means those counters translate directly into damage. The cost is that it enters as a vanilla 0/0 if no one has cast anything yet, so timing and table dynamics determine whether you're landing a 6/6 or a dead card.
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 |
In Commander, Kavu Mauler rewards you for sitting across from high-spell-count decks — the more cantrips, ramp spells, and interaction flying around the table, the faster it becomes a threat that demands an answer. Legacy and Vintage allow it, but neither format has any reason to run it over faster, more consistent threats. Kavu Mauler is essentially a Commander-only card in practice, and even there it wants a specific home: green stompy or +1/+1 counter builds where a steadily growing trampler closes games.
Key Combos
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Price Context
Current price
$0.29 bulk tier
At $0.29, Kavu Mauler is bulk — you're not paying for the card, you're paying for the slot it takes in your deck. It holds no financial interest and no trajectory worth watching; pick it up if the synergy is there and don't think twice about the cost.
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Sources
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.