Thrill of the Hunt
Instant
Target creature gets +1/+2 until end of turn.
Flashback 
(You may cast this card from your graveyard for its flashback cost. Then exile it.)
- CMC
- 1
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- GW
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Time Spiral
- Price
- $0.10
- EDHREC rank
- #29170
Thrill of the Hunt puts +1/+2 on a creature at instant speed for one mana, with flashback for one more — two uses of a combat trick for two total mana is genuinely efficient. It's a niche card, but in go-wide white-green decks that trade in the red zone every turn, that toughness pump and the built-in reuse make it punch above its bulk status.
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 | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Thrill of the Hunt is legal in Commander, Legacy, Modern, Vintage, Pauper, and Oathbreaker. Pauper is the most relevant non-Commander home — combat-centric green-white aggro lists can get real mileage from a one-mana instant that doubles as a follow-up trick from the graveyard. In Commander, the card shows up almost exclusively in go-wide token strategies or Selesnya combat decks where the toughness boost matters for surviving a block and the flashback recovers value over a longer game. Legacy and Modern have access to strictly more powerful options, so Thrill of the Hunt won't make those lists outside of very specific budget builds or theme restrictions.
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Price Context
Current price
$0.10 bulk tier
At $0.10, Thrill of the Hunt is deep bulk — you're picking it up as a throw-in, not a purchase. That price reflects its narrow application, and there's no pressure driving it higher anytime soon.
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Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.