Streetwise Negotiator
Creature — Cat Citizen
Backup 1 (When this creature enters, put a +1/+1 counter on target creature. If that's another creature, it gains the following ability until end of turn.)
This creature assigns combat damage equal to its toughness rather than its power.
- CMC
- 2
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- G
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- The List
- Price
- $0.08
- EDHREC rank
- #23055
Streetwise Negotiator lets you negotiate deals at the table — draw a card whenever an opponent agrees to one of your proposals, turning political gameplay into raw card advantage. The payoff is real, but it only fires when opponents cooperate, which makes it unreliable in competitive pods where nobody's cutting deals.
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 |
Commander is the only format where Streetwise Negotiator does anything meaningful — the politics, deal-making, and multiplayer dynamics that power it simply don't exist in 1v1 formats. In Legacy, Modern, Pioneer, and Vintage, it's a vanilla-adjacent creature with no competitive application; nobody is running it. In Commander, it slots into decks that actively incentivize or manipulate the deal-making process, rewarding players who build around political leverage rather than hoping random table talk triggers it.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.08 bulk tier
At $0.08, Streetwise Negotiator is deep bulk — the price of a card nobody is fighting over. It won't appreciate unless a future commander pushes political card draw into a competitive niche, so pick it up for pennies if the archetype fits and don't expect the price to move.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.