Master of the Hunt
Creature — Human
: Create a 1/1 green Wolf creature token named Wolves of the Hunt. It has "bands with other creatures named Wolves of the Hunt." (Any creatures named Wolves of the Hunt can attack in a band as long as at least one has "bands with other creatures named Wolves of the Hunt." Bands are blocked as a group. If at least two creatures named Wolves of the Hunt you control, one of which has "bands with other creatures named Wolves of the Hunt," are blocking or being blocked by the same creature, you divide that creature's combat damage, not its controller, among any of the creatures it's being blocked by or is blocking.)
- CMC
- 4
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- G
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- Legends
- Price
- $35.25
- EDHREC rank
- #28605
Master of the Hunt generates a self-replacing army — each Wolverine token it produces can itself be sacrificed to make two more, giving you explosive token multiplication at instant speed. Six mana for a 1/1 body is poor rate, but you're not paying for the body; you're paying for the engine.
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 the Hunt is legal in Commander, Legacy, Vintage, and Oathbreaker, but realistically only Commander is where it sees play. Legacy and Vintage move too fast for a six-mana do-nothing-until-activation creature to matter. In Commander, Master of the Hunt fits best in green token and sacrifice shells where the recursive token generation compounds over multiple turns.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Budget Alternatives
Cheaper options that do most of the same work
Chatterfang, Squirrel General does the token-doubling work cheaper and on a stronger body, though it requires black mana and doesn't self-replicate the same way. Sprout Swarm is a more affordable instant-speed token generator that scales with convoke, but it lacks the self-sustaining recursion that makes Master of the Hunt uniquely oppressive in long games.
Price Context
Current price
$35.25 premium tier
At $35.25, Master of the Hunt sits in premium territory driven almost entirely by Reserved List scarcity rather than competitive demand. The price is stable but illiquid — it's a card collectors want more than brewers, so don't expect easy buylist returns if you change your mind.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.