Nantuko Blightcutter
Creature — Insect Druid
Protection from black
Threshold — This creature gets +1/+1 for each black permanent your opponents control as long as there are seven or more cards in your graveyard.
- CMC
- 3
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- G
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- Torment
- Price
- $0.40
- EDHREC rank
- #24243
Nantuko Blightcutter is a 2/2 deathtouch creature for two mana that becomes protection from black in environments where a black permanent is in play — which in Commander is essentially always. A 2/2 deathtouch that stonewalls every black attacker and trades up with any black blocker for two mana is a quietly efficient rate.
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 |
In Commander, Nantuko Blightcutter punches above its cost because black is the most-played color in the format — protection from black is functionally always online, and deathtouch means every combat trade goes in your favor. Legacy allows it but the format demands more than a 2/2 with situational protection, and it sees no real play there. Vintage is legal but irrelevant; the card does nothing at that power level. Outside Commander, Nantuko Blightcutter doesn't have a home.
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Price Context
Current price
$0.40 bulk tier
At $0.40, Nantuko Blightcutter is deep bulk — you're paying for cardboard, not demand. It holds that floor because the effect is narrow enough that it never spiked, but narrow doesn't mean bad; this is one of the cheapest ways to put a permanent protection from black on the board in green.
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Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.