Kraken Hatchling
Creature — Kraken
- CMC
- 1
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- U
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Battlebond
- Price
- $0.08
- EDHREC rank
- #16973
Kraken Hatchling is a 0/4 for one blue mana — a wall that trades zero offensive presence for pure early durability. It blocks aggression in the first few turns and does nothing else, which is a steep ask in any competitive context.
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 |
Kraken Hatchling sees essentially no competitive play across any format it's legal in. In Commander, a one-mana 0/4 without an enters-the-battlefield effect, triggered ability, or payoff attached to its toughness is too passive — the format kills through combat damage, but it also kills through combos, and a blocker that never threatens anything doesn't slow that down. In Pauper, where one-mana walls exist, Kraken Hatchling competes against options that generate card advantage or protect specific strategies, and it does neither. Legacy and Vintage move too fast for a vanilla defender to matter.
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Price Context
Current price
$0.08 bulk tier
At $0.08, Kraken Hatchling is deep bulk — it costs less than a sleeve. There's no demand driver to push that price anywhere, so it stays at floor indefinitely.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.