Krosan Tusker
Creature — Boar Beast
Cycling 
(, Discard this card: Draw a card.)
When you cycle this card, you may search your library for a basic land card, reveal that card, put it into your hand, then shuffle. (Do this before you draw.)
- CMC
- 7
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- G
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- Friday Night Magic 2003
- Price
- —
- EDHREC rank
- #10404
Krosan Tusker is a seven-mana 6/5 that cycles for three mana to fetch a basic land to hand and draw a card — the body is almost irrelevant, because the cycling effect is the whole point. In Commander, cycling-matters shells, especially Ellie and Alan, Paleontologists, run it specifically to trigger payoffs at instant speed while smoothing mana.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Ellie and Alan, Paleontologists
Ellie and Alan, Paleontologists lists include Krosan Tusker at a 55% rate because it's a creature with a cycling ability, which means it simultaneously feeds the Dinosaur-cycling synergies Ellie and Alan reward and replaces itself with a land — exactly what a midrange creature-cycling deck wants on turn three or four.
Venom, Deadly Devourer
Venom, Deadly Devourer picks up Krosan Tusker as a redundant cycling body — Venom cares about discarding and graveyard-filling, and the Tusker's cycling puts a large creature into the graveyard while drawing a card, which advances both the discard engine and the board presence Venom demands.
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 |
Krosan Tusker sees essentially zero competitive play in Legacy, Vintage, or Modern — seven mana is a non-starter in formats where games end before it matters, and even the cycling cost of three mana competes with far more efficient cantrips and ramp. Pauper is its only non-Commander format with any relevance, where cycling-based commons have historically had niche roles in cycling combo or control shells, though Krosan Tusker is on the fringe even there. Commander is where it actually earns a slot, specifically in cycling-payoff decks that need creature bodies triggering cycle effects — outside that niche, pay three mana to cycle into a basic and move on.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
unknown tier
Pricing data isn't currently available for Krosan Tusker, but as a common with multiple printings it has historically sat well under $1. Pick it up from a bulk bin rather than buying singles — you should never pay more than $0.25 for a copy.
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Sources
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.