Predators' Hour
Sorcery
Until end of turn, creatures you control gain menace and "Whenever this creature deals combat damage to a player, exile the top card of that player's library face down. You may look at and play that card for as long as it remains exiled, and you may spend mana as though it were mana of any color to cast that spell."
- CMC
- 2
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- B
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- Crimson Vow Commander
- Price
- $0.48
- EDHREC rank
- #7103
Predators' Hour gives your whole board menace and exiling-on-hit for a single turn cycle at two mana — that's a massive swing in a combat-centric black deck. Gonti, Night Minister in particular turns every swinging creature into a card-exile threat, making blocks nearly impossible and punishing anyone who tries.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Gonti, Night Minister
Gonti, Night Minister's whole game is exiling cards from opponents' libraries and casting them, and Predators' Hour extends that same pressure to every creature you control for a full turn cycle — suddenly your tokens and utility creatures are also threatening to eat someone's library on contact.
Gonti, Canny Acquisitor
Gonti, Canny Acquisitor cares about casting spells you don't own, and Predators' Hour turns any successful combat damage into more fuel — menace makes those hits land more reliably, and each exile off the top is a potential free cast.
Rev, Tithe Extractor
Rev, Tithe Extractor rewards attacking and pressuring multiple opponents, and Predators' Hour's board-wide menace makes combat math miserable for anyone trying to double-block and stop the triggers.
Laughing Jasper Flint
Laughing Jasper Flint wants creatures connecting for damage to trigger his exile-and-cast effects, and Predators' Hour's menace plus on-hit exiling turns even your smallest attackers into two-for-one threats that demand an answer.
Gix, Yawgmoth Praetor
Gix, Yawgmoth Praetor draws cards when creatures deal combat damage to opponents, and Predators' Hour's menace clears the way for those connections while the exile effect piles on additional value beyond the draw triggers.
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 |
Commander is where Predators' Hour lives — multiplayer combat means more potential blockers to bypass with menace, more libraries to hit, and more opponents who can't efficiently trade with your entire board for one turn. In Legacy and Vintage it's technically legal but has no home; two-mana sorceries that only affect a single attack step don't compete in those formats. Oathbreaker can support it in aggressive black builds, though the smaller life totals make the payoff harder to chain.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.48 bulk tier
At $0.48, Predators' Hour is firmly bulk — an easy include that costs less than a sleeve. Bulk mythics and rares with narrow homes tend to stay in this range, so don't expect movement unless a high-profile commander gives it a breakout moment.
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Sources
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.