Pine Walker
Creature — Elemental
Morph 
(You may cast this card face down as a 2/2 creature for 
. Turn it face up any time for its morph cost.)
Whenever this creature or another creature you control is turned face up, untap that creature.
- CMC
- 5
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- G
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Khans of Tarkir
- Price
- $0.10
- EDHREC rank
- #22959
Pine Walker is a 5/4 that untaps itself whenever it becomes the target of a spell or ability you control — a solid body that punishes reactive opponents and rewards decks built around targeting their own creatures. The five-mana cost is honest for the stats, but you're only running Pine Walker if you have a reliable stream of pump spells, auras, or activated abilities to weaponize that untap trigger.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
In Commander, Pine Walker fits narrowly into Voltron or tap-based green decks that can consistently target their own creatures — think Rishkar, Peema Renegade counters synergies or Skullbriar, the Walking Grave aura stacks, where the untap trigger turns combat math into a recurring headache for opponents. Outside Commander, Pine Walker has never carved out competitive space: in Modern and Legacy, a five-mana 5/4 with a conditional untap trigger simply doesn't clear the bar, and Pioneer offers no shell where it belongs. It's a casual Commander card through and through.
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Price Context
Current price
$0.10 bulk tier
At $0.10, Pine Walker is deep bulk — you're not paying for it so much as finding it in a draft chaff box. Don't expect that to change; the card has no competitive demand and no spike potential, so $0.10 is effectively the floor and the ceiling.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.