Tusk and Whiskers
Legendary Creature — Elephant Mouse Performer
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- CMC
- 5
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- GW
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Unfinity
- Price
- $0.08
- EDHREC rank
- #27374
Tusk and Whiskers puts a significant board presence into play immediately, but it costs you a card you control, limits you to one copy per deck slot, and can only be cast under a specific condition. When the restriction is met, the payoff is real — this is a two-for-one that scales with what you're already doing.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | banned |
| modern | not legal |
| pioneer | not legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | banned |
| pauper | not legal |
| oathbreaker | banned |
Tusk and Whiskers carries three hard restrictions: it requires a specific condition to cast, it limits how many times you can use it, and its effect is tied to a narrow window. Legacy and Vintage have banned it outright, and Oathbreaker follows suit — 60-card and singleton-adjacent formats have no tolerance for effects that generate this much value when the condition is trivially met in those environments. Commander gives it a pass because the singleton rule means you see it at most once, the 100-card deck dilutes consistency, and the four-player table means the condition is often contested rather than guaranteed.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.08 bulk tier
Tusk and Whiskers sits firmly in bulk territory at $0.08, which reflects its Commander-only legality and narrow condition. Bulk rares with format restrictions rarely climb unless a new commander or mechanic pushes them into the spotlight, so treat this as a cheap pickup for the decks that want it — not a spec.
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.