Valakut Predator
Creature — Elemental
Landfall — Whenever a land you control enters, this creature gets +2/+2 until end of turn.
- CMC
- 3
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- R
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- The List
- Price
- $0.17
- EDHREC rank
- #22777
Valakut Predator is a landfall payoff that scales its power and toughness each time a land enters under your control this turn, making it a legitimate threat in dedicated landfall shells. Outside that context, a vanilla 2/2 for three mana is nowhere near competitive.
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 |
Valakut Predator is a Pauper-legal common, and that's the format where it has the most realistic home — aggressive landfall decks can trigger it repeatedly with fetch effects and bounce lands to push through damage. In Commander, the ceiling is higher in dedicated landfall builds, but the floor is embarrassing; without multiple land drops in a turn it's a 2/2 for three, which won't survive the table's attention. Modern, Pioneer, and Legacy all have faster, more resilient threats, and Valakut Predator doesn't have the redundancy or raw power to compete in those environments.
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Price Context
Current price
$0.17 bulk tier
At $0.17, Valakut Predator is deep bulk — you're paying for cardboard, not scarcity. There's no financial upside here; it's a common that sees niche play at best, and the price reflects that ceiling accurately.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.