Search Party Captain
Creature — Human Soldier
This spell costs 
less to cast for each creature you attacked with this turn.
When this creature enters, draw a card.
- CMC
- 4
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- W
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Innistrad: Midnight Hunt
- Price
- $0.19
- EDHREC rank
- #18265
Search Party Captain draws you a card when it enters — a clean two-for-one stapled to a 2/2 body for four mana. The cost is real: four mana is steep for a 2/2, so Search Party Captain only earns its slot when you're stacking ETB triggers or reducing its cost with other creatures.
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 |
In Commander, Search Party Captain is a role-player in go-wide Human tribal lists and flicker shells that chain ETB draw effects — it's not a staple, but it pulls weight when you're assembling a critical mass of bodies. In Pauper, the common slot is competitive and four mana for a 2/2 draw-one sits well below the efficiency bar for most archetypes. Modern and Pioneer have too much card-draw density at lower mana values for Search Party Captain to see serious play outside of niche Humans builds. Legacy and Vintage won't touch it.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.19 bulk tier
At $0.19, Search Party Captain is deep bulk — easy to acquire as throw-ins or in bulk lots. Price stability is high simply because there's no competitive demand to move it upward.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.