Kavu Recluse
Creature — Kavu
: Target land becomes a Forest until end of turn.
- CMC
- 3
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- R
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Planeshift
- Price
- $0.07
- EDHREC rank
- #29021
Kavu Recluse turns a Forest into a Mountain until end of turn — a narrow, one-shot effect that barely moves the needle in any realistic game state. The cost is low, but so is the ceiling.
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 | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Kavu Recluse is legal in Commander, Legacy, Vintage, Pauper, and Oathbreaker, but sees effectively zero competitive play in any of them. In Commander, the ability to temporarily convert a Forest to a Mountain is too situational to justify a deck slot — real mana fixing comes from dual lands and rocks, not single-use spells. Pauper is the only format where budget mana manipulation sees any discussion, but even there, Kavu Recluse doesn't solve a problem anyone is trying to solve.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.07 bulk tier
At $0.07, Kavu Recluse is deep bulk — the kind of card that ends up in a trade binder pocket and stays there. Don't expect that price to move; demand simply isn't there.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.