Is Tireless Tracker good in Commander?

Tireless Tracker

Creature — Human Scout

Landfall — Whenever a land you control enters, investigate. (Create a Clue token. It's an artifact with ", Sacrifice this token: Draw a card.")
Whenever you sacrifice a Clue, put a +1/+1 counter on this creature.

CMC: 3
Mana cost
Color identity: G
Rarity: rare
Set: Explorer Anthology 1
Price: —
EDHREC rank: #614

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Tireless Tracker turns every land drop into a Clue token, then cashes those Clues into +1/+1 counters and cards — all on a resilient three-mana body that snowballs if left alone for even two turns. Commanders like Kodama of the East Tree that chain land drops, and clue-tribal builds helmed by Morska, Undersea Sleuth, treat it as a core piece rather than a role-player.

Best Commanders

Commanders with the highest synergy

Morska, Undersea Sleuth

80.4% of decks · synergy 0.75

Morska, Undersea Sleuth turns every Clue sacrifice into card advantage, so Tireless Tracker's land-drop triggers feed directly into the investigate-and-draw engine Morska demands. The 80% inclusion rate reflects how cleanly the two cards do the same thing from different angles.

Jenny Flint // Madame Vastra

77.3% of decks · synergy 0.73

Jenny Flint // Madame Vastra rewards players for making Clues and then spending them, and Tireless Tracker generates that supply automatically just by playing the game. It effectively gives the deck a self-replenishing fuel source for Vastra's evidence requirements.

Lonis, Cryptozoologist

73.8% of decks · synergy 0.68

Lonis, Cryptozoologist makes a Clue whenever any creature enters under your control, but Tireless Tracker adds a second Clue layer keyed to lands — doubling the artifact count that Lonis converts into opponent-library manipulation. The two together accelerate the token count faster than almost any other two-card pairing in the archetype.

Gimbal, Gremlin Prodigy

72.5% of decks · synergy 0.68

Gimbal, Gremlin Prodigy cares about artifact tokens entering and leaving the battlefield, and Tireless Tracker produces a steady stream of Clues every time you play a land. Cracking those Clues triggers Gimbal repeatedly across a single turn cycle, compounding the damage output.

Sophia, Dogged Detective

56.7% of decks · synergy 0.51

Sophia, Dogged Detective scales with the number of Clues you can make and sacrifice over the course of the game, and Tireless Tracker is one of the most consistent non-spell sources of that supply in green. The 57% inclusion rate is lower than the other detective commanders here, but Tracker still earns its slot as a reliable engine piece.

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

In Commander, Tireless Tracker is a legitimate staple — three mana buys an engine that generates card advantage and a growing threat passively, which is exactly the kind of value green midrange decks want on turn three. Modern and Legacy have both seen it see competitive play in landfall and green midrange shells, where the Clue-to-card conversion rate keeps hands stocked in longer games. Pioneer is where its stock drops slightly; the format's faster threats and cheaper interaction can punish the one-turn lag before Tracker starts generating tokens. Vintage has the raw power to make it irrelevant — Tireless Tracker is not a Vintage staple. Oathbreaker uses it for the same reason Commander does: three mana, immediate impact on board development, and an upside that compounds every subsequent land drop.

Key Combos

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