Primal Huntbeast
Creature — Beast
Hexproof (This creature can't be the target of spells or abilities your opponents control.)
- CMC
- 4
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- G
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Magic 2013
- Price
- $0.04
- EDHREC rank
- #27938
Primal Huntbeast is a 3/3 hexproof for four mana — a statline that was mediocre when it was new and hasn't aged into relevance. Hexproof is a real keyword, but four mana for a vanilla-adjacent body is a cost no competitive deck needs to pay.
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 | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Primal Huntbeast is legal in Commander, Legacy, Modern, Vintage, Pauper, and Oathbreaker, but legal doesn't mean playable. In Commander, a 3/3 hexproof for four does nothing without a pump or Aura shell behind it, and even then better options exist at every price point. In Pauper, the format's efficiency bar is high enough that a four-mana 3/3 with no enters-the-battlefield effect earns no slot. Legacy and Vintage are non-conversations — Primal Huntbeast will never touch those tables.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.04 bulk tier
At $0.04, Primal Huntbeast is deep bulk — the kind of card that fills a commons box and stays there. There is no price floor left to fall through, and no demand driver on the horizon that would change that.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.