Master of Ceremonies
Creature — Rhino Druid
At the beginning of your upkeep, each opponent chooses money, friends, or secrets. For each player who chose money, you and that player each create a Treasure token. For each player who chose friends, you and that player each create a 1/1 green and white Citizen creature token. For each player who chose secrets, you and that player each draw a card.
- CMC
- 4
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- W
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- New Capenna Commander
- Price
- $16.32
- EDHREC rank
- #3136
Master of Ceremonies lets you hand out counters, cards, and tokens each turn — then rewards you every time an opponent accepts the gift by turning those political favors into triggers on your own board. The catch is that opponents choose what they take, so Gluntch, the Bestower decks lean into that tension deliberately, building engines that profit no matter who gets the goodies.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Gluntch, the Bestower
Gluntch, the Bestower and Master of Ceremonies are the definitive pairing — both distribute benefits on a schedule, and Master of Ceremonies converts each accepted gift into board presence, meaning the deck snowballs whether opponents take the bait or refuse it.
Phelddagrif
Phelddagrif already spends resources to generate goodwill, and Master of Ceremonies turns that goodwill into a reciprocal resource engine — every hippo token or card you hand across the table becomes a trigger feeding back into your own position.
Shadrix Silverquill
Shadrix Silverquill demands symmetrical generosity as its tax for activation, and Master of Ceremonies slots in as the card that makes symmetry asymmetric — you distribute, opponents benefit, but only you accumulate the compounding advantage.
Kambal, Profiteering Mayor
Kambal, Profiteering Mayor cares about tokens entering under opponents' control, and Master of Ceremonies is one of the cleanest repeatable ways to put tokens on enemy boards on your own terms while staying in the political lane Kambal wants to occupy.
Mathas, Fiend Seeker
Mathas, Fiend Seeker runs on bounty counters and politically charged card draw, and Master of Ceremonies extends that same give-to-gain philosophy — spreading counters and resources in exchange for steady, self-interested returns.
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 | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Master of Ceremonies is a Commander card through and through — the political negotiation it enables only functions at a multiplayer table where opponents are weighing who to appease and who to attack. In Legacy and Vintage it's technically legal but competes in formats where a four-mana 3/3 that asks nicely is never the right answer. Oathbreaker is a viable home if your planeswalker commander leans into group hug or political lines, though the smaller player counts blunt the card's ceiling. Stick to Commander for everything this card promises.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Budget Alternatives
Cheaper options that do most of the same work
Humble Defector and Keeper of Secrets cover some of the same political give-and-take territory at a fraction of the price, though neither generates the persistent board-state snowball that Master of Ceremonies produces turn after turn. If the budget is the constraint, those fill the role of "card that makes friends" — they just don't close the loop on converting generosity into your own advantage the way Master of Ceremonies does.
Price Context
Current price
$16.32 mid tier
At $16.32, Master of Ceremonies sits in the mid tier — meaningful money for a card that only fits a specific political archetype. It holds value because the card is genuinely unique in what it does, but don't buy in speculatively; buy it when you're building the deck.
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Sources
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.