Stampeding Elk Herd
Creature — Elk
Formidable — Whenever this creature attacks, if creatures you control have total power 8 or greater, creatures you control gain trample until end of turn.
- CMC
- 5
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- G
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Pioneer Masters
- Price
- —
- EDHREC rank
- #21181
Stampeding Elk Herd turns every attacking creature you control into a pseudo-removal spell, giving your whole board trample for the turn whenever it enters combat alongside four or more other creatures. Five mana for a 5/5 that demands a chump block or punishes every blocker your opponent throws in front of it is a real rate in go-wide green decks.
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 |
Stampeding Elk Herd is a Pauper-legal common, and that's where it sees the most competitive daylight — green stompy and Elves lists occasionally run it as a trample enabler that also provides a reasonable body. In Commander, it's a role-player in token and elf-tribal strategies that regularly swing with four or more creatures, where the formidable trigger fires consistently and can push through lethal damage that a wall of chump blockers would otherwise absorb. In Modern and Pioneer the card is too slow and too conditional to compete, and Legacy and Vintage simply don't have a home for a five-mana creature that doesn't immediately win the game.
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Price Context
Current price
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Pricing data isn't available for Stampeding Elk Herd right now, so check Scryfall or TCGPlayer for current buylist and retail figures. As a common with niche appeal, it typically sits at bulk pricing — expect to pick up copies for well under a dollar.
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.