Totem-Guide Hartebeest
Creature — Antelope
When this creature enters, you may search your library for an Aura card, reveal it, put it into your hand, then shuffle.
- CMC
- 5
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- W
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- The List
- Price
- $0.08
- EDHREC rank
- #20903
Totem-Guide Hartebeest enters the battlefield and immediately fetches any Aura from your library — a 2/5 body stapled to unconditional enchantment tutoring for five mana. The rate is slow, but in dedicated Aura or enchantress shells the tutor alone justifies the slot.
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 | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Commander is where Totem-Guide Hartebeest earns its keep — singleton rules make finding a specific Aura (Eldrazi Conscription, Imprisoned in the Moon, Shielded by Faith) worth a whole card and a five-mana investment. In Pauper it sees occasional play in Aura-based aggressive lists where the tutor effect is genuinely rare at common rarity. Modern, Pioneer, and Legacy have no interest in a five-mana 2/5 when faster tutors and cheaper threats are plentiful — Totem-Guide Hartebeest simply doesn't make those cuts.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.08 bulk tier
At $0.08, Totem-Guide Hartebeest is deep bulk — the kind of card you pull from a common box rather than buy. The price is unlikely to move; there's no scarcity and no shortage of printings, so grab it cheap and don't think about it again.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.