Sneaky Homunculus
Creature — Homunculus Illusion
This creature can't block or be blocked by creatures with power 2 or greater.
- CMC
- 2
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- U
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Nemesis
- Price
- $0.15
- EDHREC rank
- #25946
Sneaky Homunculus is an evasive one-drop that becomes unblockable whenever you control more Islands than your opponent does — a condition blue decks meet trivially from turn one. The floor is a 1/1 that flies under radar; the ceiling is a free, recurring damage vector for tempo and Voltron strategies.
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 |
In Commander, Sneaky Homunculus earns its slot in mono-blue or heavy-blue Voltron decks that want cheap, evasive bodies to stack Auras and Equipment onto — the unblockable condition is almost always live in a format where most opponents won't out-Island you. Pauper is the most competitive home: blue tempo and Faerie shells can use Sneaky Homunculus as a consistent early threat that dodges ground stalls. In Legacy and Vintage it's outclassed by every relevant one-drop, so it doesn't see play there. Modern has too many efficient threats for a conditional 1/1 to matter.
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Price Context
Current price
$0.15 bulk tier
At $0.15, Sneaky Homunculus is deep bulk — you're picking it out of a commons box, not a singles binder. That price is stable because demand is niche; it won't spike unless a Pauper archetype breaks out around it.
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.