Unnatural Predation
Instant
Target creature gets +1/+1 and gains trample until end of turn.
- CMC
- 1
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- G
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Mirrodin Besieged
- Price
- $0.05
- EDHREC rank
- #23135
Unnatural Predation gives a creature trample and +1/+1 until end of turn for a single green mana — cheap enough to run in dedicated trample-matters or stompy shells, irrelevant everywhere else. It's a combat trick with a narrow use case, not a staple.
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 |
In Commander, Unnatural Predation is too low-impact for most 100-card decks — one creature getting trample for a turn rarely changes the board state at a multiplayer table. Pauper is the format where it has the most honest case, slotting into aggressive green stompy lists that need cheap trample enablers to push through chump blockers. In Legacy and Vintage it's simply outclassed by every other one-mana green spell worth casting. The card is legal across most formats, but legal and playable are different things.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.05 bulk tier
At $0.05, Unnatural Predation sits firmly in bulk territory — the kind of card that ends up in a collection binder rather than a cart. That price is stable for the same reason it's low: demand is minimal, and nothing about its design makes it a breakout candidate.
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Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.