Reclusive Taxidermist
Creature — Human Druid
This creature gets +3/+2 as long as there are four or more creature cards in your graveyard.
: Add one mana of any color.
- CMC
- 2
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- G
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Innistrad: Crimson Vow
- Price
- $0.23
- EDHREC rank
- #13605
Reclusive Taxidermist is a two-mana green creature that taps for any color of mana — effectively a mana dork that doubles as a color fixer the turn it enters. The ask is minimal; the return is a Birds of Paradise stapled to a body that can grow.
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, Reclusive Taxidermist earns its slot in any three-or-more color deck that wants early acceleration — the ability to tap for any color patches mana bases that can't afford to be greedy. In Modern and Pioneer, it competes against a deep field of two-mana ramp, but decks that care about creature count or need specific off-color mana have reason to look at it. Legacy and Vintage have better options at every point on the curve, so Reclusive Taxidermist doesn't register there. Its real home is Commander, where the color-fixing upside compounds over a long game.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.23 bulk tier
At $0.23, Reclusive Taxidermist is deep bulk — you're picking it out of a dollar box or a bulk rare bin. That price is stable; there's no scarcity driving it up and no splash-worthy combo pushing demand.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.