Predation Steward
Creature — Phyrexian Elf Warrior
This creature enters with two oil counters on it.
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, Remove an oil counter from this creature: Target creature gets +2/+2 until end of turn. Activate only as a sorcery.
- CMC
- 2
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- G
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Phyrexia: All Will Be One
- Price
- $0.06
- EDHREC rank
- #22906
Predation Steward puts a +1/+1 counter on each creature you control whenever a land enters the battlefield under your control — in a landfall deck, that's a board-wide pump on every fetch, ramp spell, and land drop. The three-mana cost is fair for a persistent anthem engine, and the effect compounds fast enough to close games without any additional setup.
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 | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Commander is where Predation Steward does its best work, slotting into any green landfall or counters deck that already wants to play multiple lands per turn. In Pauper, the common-legal landfall shell has real redundancy and Predation Steward fits the curve, though the format's speed means you need the payoff immediately. Legacy, Modern, and Pioneer have faster clocks and more efficient threats, so Predation Steward rarely makes the cut outside of casual or budget brews. Oathbreaker can support it in a landfall-focused list, but the 20-life starting total compresses the window before the counters matter.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.06 bulk tier
At $0.06, Predation Steward is deep bulk — the kind of card you pull from a common box rather than buy. Bulk rares with narrow synergy homes tend to stay at this floor, so don't expect movement unless a future commander pushes landfall-plus-counters into the mainstream spotlight.
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Sources
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.