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Stronghold Taskmaster

Creature — Giant Minion

Other black creatures get -1/-1.

CMC
4
Mana cost
{2}{B}{B}
Color identity
B
Rarity
uncommon
Set
Stronghold
Price
$0.27
EDHREC rank
#28257
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Stronghold Taskmaster card art
Stronghold Taskmaster puts a -1/-1 counter on every non-Swamp-controller's creature at the start of each opponent's upkeep — that's a repeating board erosion engine that compounds fast in multiplayer. The cost is five mana for a 4/3 with no evasion, which makes it a slow payoff in most shells but a house in dedicated Swamp-synergy builds like Yedora, Grave Gardener.

Format Analysis

Where it lives, where it can’t

FormatVerdict
commander legal
legacy legal
modern not legal
pioneer not legal
standard not legal
vintage legal
pauper not legal
oathbreaker legal

Stronghold Taskmaster is legal in Commander, Legacy, Vintage, and Oathbreaker, but its home is Commander by a wide margin. In a four-player game the trigger fires three times per round, turning a modest static ability into a reliable attrition engine that scales with the number of opponents who don't control Swamps. Legacy and Vintage are theoretically accessible but five mana for a 4/3 with no immediate impact is a non-starter in those formats, where the game is often decided before Stronghold Taskmaster would even untap. Stick to Commander.

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Price Context

Current price

$0.27 bulk tier

At $0.27, Stronghold Taskmaster is deep bulk — grab a copy out of any dollar bin without a second thought. Demand is narrow enough that the price is unlikely to move unless a high-profile Swamp-synergy commander pushes it into wider circulation.

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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.