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Medicine Runner

Creature — Elf Cleric

When this creature enters, you may remove a counter from target permanent.

CMC
2
Mana cost
{1}{G/W}
Color identity
GW
Rarity
common
Set
Shadowmoor
Price
$0.19
EDHREC rank
#26781
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Medicine Runner card art
Medicine Runner puts a +1/+1 counter on a creature when it enters — repeatable if you keep blinking it, and it pairs with Luminous Broodmoth to machine-gun counters onto your whole board whenever creatures die and return. The cost is the body itself: a 1/1 for two mana that does nothing in combat and demands a support infrastructure to justify its slot.

Format Analysis

Where it lives, where it can’t

FormatVerdict
commander legal
legacy legal
modern legal
pioneer not legal
standard not legal
vintage legal
pauper legal
oathbreaker legal

Commander is where Medicine Runner actually lives, slotted into persist-combo or counter-doubler shells that need a cheap, repeatable counter source. In Pauper it's legal and the common slot is competitive, but the effect is too slow for a format that wins on tempo. Legacy and Vintage are legal on paper; Medicine Runner will never see those tables. The card is a Commander role-player, full stop.

Key Combos

Combo lines featuring this card

Price Context

Current price

$0.19 bulk tier

At $0.19, Medicine Runner is bulk — grab a copy without thinking about it. Demand is narrow enough that the price won't move unless a new combo piece drags it into a popular deck.

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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.