Sparkhunter Masticore
Artifact Creature — Masticore
As an additional cost to cast this spell, discard a card.
Protection from planeswalkers
: This creature deals 1 damage to target planeswalker.
: This creature gains indestructible until end of turn.
- CMC
- 3
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- C
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- Core Set 2021
- Price
- $0.25
- EDHREC rank
- #24506
Sparkhunter Masticore hits the board as a 3/3 with protection from planeswalkers, indestructible against planeswalker abilities, and a repeatable ping that kills planeswalkers outright — all for three mana and discarding a card. The discard cost is real, but in any shell that wants planeswalker hate baked into a creature, this is the cleanest answer available.
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, Sparkhunter Masticore occupies a narrow but uncontested role: it blanks planeswalker-heavy strategies in a way removal spells don't, since protection from planeswalkers means opposing ultimates and minus abilities can't touch it. The discard cost is manageable in artifact decks with recursive loops or discard-synergy builds, but cuts against it in raw card-advantage-hungry lists. In Modern and Legacy, it sees essentially no play — targeted removal is cheaper, and dedicated planeswalker hate slots belong to faster options. Pioneer's planeswalker density could theoretically make it relevant in sideboards, but it hasn't found a home there either. Sparkhunter Masticore is a Commander-specific tool, full stop.
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Price Context
Current price
$0.25 bulk tier
At $0.25, Sparkhunter Masticore is bulk, and that price reflects its narrow application rather than weak power — it does exactly what it says for almost nothing. Don't expect movement; this stays cheap until a Commander planeswalker meta dramatically shifts demand.
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.