Tuskguard Captain
Creature — Human Warrior
Outlast 
(, 
: Put a +1/+1 counter on this creature. Outlast only as a sorcery.)
Each creature you control with a +1/+1 counter on it has trample.
- CMC
- 3
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- G
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Commander Masters
- Price
- $0.19
- EDHREC rank
- #5077
Tuskguard Captain gives every creature with a +1/+1 counter on it trample — a static anthem-level effect that turns a board of buffed creatures into a lethal combat threat the moment you swing. Three mana for a 2/3 is unremarkable, but in Hamza, Guardian of Arashin decks that body likely costs one or two mana anyway, making the ask trivial.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Hamza, Guardian of Arashin
Hamza, Guardian of Arashin floods the board with counters as a core game plan, so Tuskguard Captain's trample grant turns every cost-reduced creature into a ground-punching threat that opponents can't just chump-block away.
Felothar, Dawn of the Abzan
Felothar, Dawn of the Abzan stacks +1/+1 counters across multiple permanent types, and Tuskguard Captain converts that wide distribution into unblockable-in-practice combat damage against any creature-light board.
Obuun, Mul Daya Ancestor
Obuun, Mul Daya Ancestor turns lands into attacking creatures and grows them with counters, and Tuskguard Captain ensures those animated lands punch through regardless of what's standing in the way.
Kyler, Sigardian Emissary
Kyler, Sigardian Emissary piles counters onto every Human you play, so Tuskguard Captain closes out the loop by making that growing Human army impossible to profitably block.
Lae'zel, Vlaakith's Champion // Master Chef
Lae'zel, Vlaakith's Champion // Master Chef multiplies counters across the board faster than opponents can answer them, and Tuskguard Captain makes sure all that accumulation translates directly into lethal damage rather than a stalled boardstate.
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 |
Tuskguard Captain is a Commander card — full stop. In 60-card formats like Modern and Pioneer, three mana for a static trample-enabler that does nothing without setup is too slow and too conditional to compete when dedicated pump spells and lords do the job more efficiently. Pauper is theoretically legal, but the same problem applies: the format moves too fast for a build-around payoff on a vanilla-statted body. Commander is where Tuskguard Captain earns its slot, specifically in counter-doubling and counter-stacking decks that already produce the counters at scale — there, it doesn't ask you to do anything extra, it just rewards what you were doing anyway.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.19 bulk tier
At $0.19, Tuskguard Captain is bulk — a pick-up-from-any-box card that costs nothing to include. Bulk rares with narrow but real synergy tend to stay in this range indefinitely, so there's no urgency or timing consideration here; just grab one if the deck calls for it.
Explore
Sources
Mentioned
- Hamza, Guardian of Arashin
- Felothar, Dawn of the Abzan
- Obuun, Mul Daya Ancestor
- Kyler, Sigardian Emissary
- Lae'zel, Vlaakith's Champion // Master Chef
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.