Pouncing Kavu
Creature — Kavu
Kicker 
(You may pay an additional as you cast this spell.)
First strike
If this creature was kicked, it enters with two +1/+1 counters on it and with haste.
- CMC
- 2
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- R
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Invasion
- Price
- $0.08
- EDHREC rank
- #27200
Pouncing Kavu is a three-mana 2/2 with haste and a fight ability — playable rate, but nothing that demands a slot in a tuned list. Run it if you need budget interaction stapled to a body; cut it the moment you find a more efficient option.
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 | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
In Commander, Pouncing Kavu occupies the budget removal-on-a-stick niche — fine in casual green stompy builds, outclassed in anything tuned. Pauper is where Pouncing Kavu is most at home: the format's creature-centric gameplay makes a hasty fighter genuinely relevant, and the competition at three mana is beatable. Legacy and Vintage are legal but irrelevant; the card will never see a competitive table in either format.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.08 bulk tier
At $0.08, Pouncing Kavu is deep bulk — you're paying for cardboard, not card power. It won't spike, won't hold value, and is worth picking up only if it fills a specific role in a budget build you're already running.
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Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.