Wild Beastmaster
Creature — Human Shaman
Whenever this creature attacks, each other creature you control gets +X/+X until end of turn, where X is this creature's power.
- CMC
- 3
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- G
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- Midnight Hunt Commander
- Price
- $0.31
- EDHREC rank
- #8130
When Wild Beastmaster attacks, every other attacking creature gets +X/+X where X is its power — in a wide board, that's a one-card alpha strike. The cost is real: it needs to survive to combat, contribute a meaningful power number, and still get through, which means removal or a chump blocker shuts the whole thing down. In the right token shell it ends games; anywhere else it's conditional.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Kyler, Sigardian Emissary
Kyler, Sigardian Emissary stacks +1/+1 counters on every Human you play, so Wild Beastmaster enters the battlefield already large and grows with the board — the attack trigger scales directly with however many counters Kyler has placed, turning a mid-game swing into a lethal pump across your whole team.
Ezuri, Claw of Progress
Ezuri, Claw of Progress dumps experience counters fast on small creatures, and Wild Beastmaster is exactly the kind of low-power-at-entry body that benefits from a Ezuri activation to grow before the attack step — once it's sitting at 4 or 5 power, the trigger closes games.
Halana and Alena, Partners
Halana and Alena, Partners puts +1/+1 counters on a creature at the start of combat every single turn, making Wild Beastmaster a natural recipient — point the counters at it, then swing and pump your whole attacking team by however large it's grown.
Katilda, Dawnhart Prime
Katilda, Dawnhart Prime generates mana from creatures and cares about going wide with Humans, and Wild Beastmaster fits cleanly as the attack payoff that converts a board full of Humans into a lethal pump trigger.
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 | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Wild Beastmaster is a Commander card through and through — the attack trigger only scales in multiplayer, where wide token boards and multiple attackers are the norm rather than the exception. In Modern or Legacy it's a 1/1 for three mana that dies to any removal spell before combat, which is not a viable rate against interactive decks. Pioneer has the same problem: there are no competitive token strategies that need this over faster or more resilient threats. Stick to Commander, specifically go-wide or counter-stacking shells, and Wild Beastmaster earns its slot; everywhere else it's outclassed by the format's power level.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.31 bulk tier
Wild Beastmaster sits at $0.31 — deep bulk, the kind of card you pick out of a dollar bin rather than buy as a single. At that price there's no wrong time to grab a copy if your deck wants it, and it's unlikely to spike given its narrow application.
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Sources
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.