Lurking Chupacabra
Creature — Beast Horror
Whenever a creature you control explores, target creature an opponent controls gets -2/-2 until end of turn.
- CMC
- 4
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- B
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Ixalan
- Price
- $0.06
- EDHREC rank
- #24451
Lurking Chupacabra turns every Explore trigger into a free kill spell, making it a removal engine that scales with your creature count. The five-mana body is the tax — if you're not running a dedicated Explore package, the effect never comes online.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Lurking Chupacabra is a Commander card, full stop. Constructed formats have no interest in a five-mana 2/3 whose removal clause requires a second mechanic to fire. In Commander, it belongs specifically in Explore-matters decks — Kadena, Slinking Sorcerer builds occasionally dabble, but the natural home is any green-black commander that chains Explore creatures repeatedly. Outside that niche, it sits in the binder.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.06 bulk tier
At $0.06, Lurking Chupacabra is deep bulk — you're paying almost nothing for a narrow build-around. Bulk rares with a single applicable archetype rarely climb unless that archetype gets a high-profile commander pushed in a precon, so don't expect movement.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.