Nantuko Cultivator
Creature — Insect Druid
When this creature enters, you may discard any number of land cards. Put that many +1/+1 counters on this creature and draw that many cards.
- CMC
- 4
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- G
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Outlaws of Thunder Junction Commander
- Price
- $0.16
- EDHREC rank
- #12680
Nantuko Cultivator enters, lets you discard any number of lands to draw that many cards, then gets +1/+1 counters equal to lands discarded — that's a board presence and a full hand refuel stapled together. The cost is real: you're pitching lands you might need, and a 2/2 base dies to a stiff breeze, but in the right shell this is one of the most efficient draw engines green has access to.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Zask, Skittering Swarmlord
Zask, Skittering Swarmlord mills lands into the graveyard constantly, giving Nantuko Cultivator a fat hand of lands to discard on entry — the two cards form a self-fueling loop where Zask profits from every land in the bin and Nantuko converts the surplus into cards.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | not legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Commander is where Nantuko Cultivator actually lives — 100-card decks generate land gluts naturally, and green landfall and graveyard strategies actively want to pitch excess lands for fresh cards. In Legacy and Vintage it's legal but irrelevant; three mana for a situational draw effect competes against formats full of broken one- and two-mana plays. Modern is the same story: the power bar is too high for a creature this fragile with this conditional a payoff. Nantuko Cultivator is a Commander card wearing Legacy legality as a costume.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.16 bulk tier
At $0.16, Nantuko Cultivator is deep bulk — grab a copy out of any dollar bin without thinking twice. Bulk rare prices this low don't move unless something breaks the card into a wider format, and nothing on the horizon suggests that's coming.
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Sources
Mentioned
- Zask, Skittering Swarmlord
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.