Wiitigo
Creature — Yeti
This creature enters with six +1/+1 counters on it.
At the beginning of your upkeep, put a +1/+1 counter on this creature if it has blocked or been blocked since your last upkeep. Otherwise, remove a +1/+1 counter from it.
- CMC
- 6
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- G
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- Masters Edition II
- Price
- —
- EDHREC rank
- #29446
Wiitigo arrives as a 6/6 for six mana and keeps growing as long as your commander is on the battlefield — but the moment your commander leaves, it starts shedding counters at end of turn until it's gone. The payoff is real, but the dependency on your commander surviving makes Wiitigo a liability in any meta with consistent targeted removal.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | not legal |
| pioneer | not legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Wiitigo is legal in Commander, Legacy, Vintage, and Oathbreaker, but competitive Legacy and Vintage have no interest in a six-mana vanilla-adjacent creature with a fragile upkeep condition. Commander is the only format where Wiitigo has a plausible home — specifically in decks whose commander sticks to the board repeatedly and incentivizes combat with big green creatures. Oathbreaker shares the same logic in miniature: if your planeswalker commander stays in play, Wiitigo can snowball, but the smaller life totals mean games end before the counter engine matters.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
unknown tier
Pricing data for Wiitigo isn't currently available, which likely reflects thin market activity and low demand. It's the kind of card that shows up in bulk bins — if you want it, you're probably paying less than a dollar, and there's no urgency either way.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.