Kraven the Hunter
SPM · rare · Released 2025-09-26
Power
Tier shown as baseline → best-case (in its ideal shell).
Derived from the 7 atoms below.
above rate
meaningful alone
wants support
scales up
one mode
situational
easily answered
Commander Bracket
Archetypes
No active conflicts.
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Risks
Mechanics
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Rationale
3cmc 4/3 trample that draws a card and grows whenever an opponent's biggest creature dies — excellent rate for a threat, but the triggered ability requires opponents to have creatures and for the specifically most powerful one to die, making it conditional. Signature in midrange and sacrifice shells (where you can force the "biggest creature dies" condition via edict or fight effects); also fits aristocrats where board-wiping opponents' largest threats is incidental value.
Learnings (3)
Kraven's trigger checks the greatest power among creatures *that player controls* at the moment of death — if the opponent has only one creature, it always qualifies, making the trigger much easier to achieve in 1v1 Brawl.
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The trigger fires on *any* death of the top-power creature, including combat, sacrifice, or boardwipes — pairing with edict effects or fight spells lets you control which creature dies and reliably draws a card.
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In multiplayer Commander, Kraven can trigger multiple times per turn if different opponents each lose their biggest creature, but targeting three opponents' boards simultaneously requires board-state coordination.
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Popularity
- EDHREC rank: #14,614