Kobold Taskmaster
Creature — Kobold
Other Kobold creatures you control get +1/+0.
- CMC
- 2
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- R
- Rarity
- special
- Set
- Time Spiral Timeshifted
- Price
- $0.51
- EDHREC rank
- #18491
Kobold Taskmaster gives every Kobold you control +1/+0 for two mana — a static anthem that turns a wide board of zero-power tokens into a real clock. Narrow tribal payoff, but in the right shell it costs almost nothing and asks nothing in return.
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 | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Kobold Taskmaster is a Commander card first and last — tribal anthems need a critical mass of creatures to matter, and only in Commander do Kobold-focused builds have room to assemble that mass. In Legacy and Vintage, free Kobolds like Crookshank Kobolds exist but Kobold Taskmaster is far too slow for those formats' actual threats. Pauper is legal on paper but no Kobold tribe is viable there. Stick to Commander.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.51 bulk tier
At $0.51, Kobold Taskmaster sits firmly in bulk territory — cheap enough to throw in any Kobold build without a second thought. That price is unlikely to move unless a new Kobold commander pushes the tribe into mainstream Commander play.
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Sources
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.