Voracious Hatchling
Creature — Elemental
Lifelink
This creature enters with four -1/-1 counters on it.
Whenever you cast a white spell, remove a -1/-1 counter from this creature.
Whenever you cast a black spell, remove a -1/-1 counter from this creature.
- CMC
- 4
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- BW
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Eventide
- Price
- $0.21
- EDHREC rank
- #28505
Voracious Hatchling enters as a massive, trampling threat that scales directly with how much life you've spent — the cost is building a deck that reliably drains your own life total before it hits the table. In the right shell it's a two-mana 8/8 with trample; in the wrong one it's a 0/0 that dies immediately.
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 | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Commander is the natural home for Voracious Hatchling — life-payment payoffs like Bolas's Citadel, Necropotence, and phyrexian-mana spells are everywhere, and 40 starting life gives you room to fund a massive creature without losing the game. In Legacy and Vintage it's legal but irrelevant; competitive decks in those formats aren't interested in a conditional beater that requires a dedicated life-loss infrastructure. Modern has the tools to enable it but faster, cleaner threats crowd it out entirely.
Key Combos
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Price Context
Current price
$0.21 bulk tier
At $0.21, Voracious Hatchling is deep bulk — grab it out of a dollar bin without a second thought. Demand is narrow enough that the price isn't going anywhere, so there's no urgency either way.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.