Scrounging Bandar
Creature — Cat Monkey
This creature enters with two +1/+1 counters on it.
At the beginning of your upkeep, you may move any number of +1/+1 counters from this creature onto another target creature.
- CMC
- 2
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- G
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Commander Legends
- Price
- $0.28
- EDHREC rank
- #8565
Scrounging Bandar enters with two +1/+1 counters and redistributes them at your upkeep — free stats that move around the board every turn. Outside of Kibo, Uktabi Prince decks where that counter-shuffling fuels the banana engine, it's a 2/2 for two with an optional trick, which is bulk-rare territory.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Kibo, Uktabi Prince
Kibo, Uktabi Prince rewards you whenever opponents sacrifice Banana tokens, and keeping a steady supply of +1/+1 counters moving through your board triggers incidental synergies with his counter-based payoffs — Scrounging Bandar is one of the few common creatures that generates and redistributes counters on its own every upkeep, making it a near-automatic include in 73% of Kibo lists.
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 |
Scrounging Bandar is legal across every major format but sees essentially no competitive play outside Commander. In Pauper it's outclassed by creatures that either produce more immediate value or don't ask you to wait a full turn cycle to reallocate their stats. Modern and Pioneer have no meaningful shell for a 2/2 that slowly moves counters around. Commander is the only format where the repeatable counter redistribution matters — specifically in Kibo, Uktabi Prince or +1/+1 counter synergy decks where feeding counters to key permanents each upkeep generates real advantage over a long game.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.28 bulk tier
At $0.28, Scrounging Bandar sits firmly in bulk territory and that price reflects its narrow demand. It's not a card that holds or climbs — pick it up if you're building Kibo, Uktabi Prince and move on.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.