Stampeding Serow
Creature — Antelope Beast
Trample
At the beginning of your upkeep, return a green creature you control to its owner's hand.
- CMC
- 4
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- G
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Saviors of Kamigawa
- Price
- $0.17
- EDHREC rank
- #24365
Stampeding Serow puts a 5/4 trampler on the board and bounces a green creature back to your hand on every upkeep — that's free value if you're running enters-the-battlefield engines, and a real cost if you're not. Sandsteppe Mastodon makes the bounce irrelevant when it re-enters and reloads counters; without that kind of payoff, the self-bounce is a liability, not a feature.
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 | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Stampeding Serow is legal in Commander, Legacy, Modern, Vintage, and Oathbreaker, but it only earns a slot in Commander, where the 99-card singleton format gives you enough ETB payoffs to weaponize the mandatory bounce. In Legacy and Modern, a five-mana 5/4 with a drawback competes against formats that end games before you see a second upkeep — it has no real presence there. Oathbreaker is the one other home worth mentioning, specifically in green creature-loop strategies where the bounce fuels the same engine it does in Commander.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.17 bulk tier
At $0.17, Stampeding Serow is deep bulk — pick it out of a dollar box or grab a playset for less than a pack. Bulk rares with narrow ETB synergies don't climb without a breakout Commander printing, so don't expect movement; just buy it when you need it.
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Sources
Mentioned
- Sandsteppe Mastodon
- Sage of Hours
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.