Price$18.63 – $22.56
Buy on TCGplayerCraterhoof Behemoth
Creature — Beast
Legal Salt 1.44Rank #331
Haste
When this creature enters, creatures you control gain trample and get +X/+X until end of turn, where X is the number of creatures you control.
5/5
KeywordsHaste
Why is this card good?
The premier green finisher. Craterhoof turns any developed board into lethal damage out of nowhere. With even five other creatures, it pumps your whole team +6/+6, grants trample, and swings immediately thanks to haste — that's frequently 40+ damage spread across the table. It doesn't just win, it wins now, ending games before opponents can stabilize.
Who wants it: any go-wide green deck. Tokens (Rhys, Krenko if you splash, Jetmir), elfball (Marwyn, Ezuri), +1/+1 counter swarms, and basically every green creature deck that floods the board. It pairs beautifully with reanimation and natural-order/tooth-and-nail style tutors that cheat it out for free.
When to skip it: if your deck doesn't reliably field 4+ creatures, it's just an 8-mana 5/5 — too slow and clunky. Spellslinger, control, voltron, and small-creature value decks get nothing from it. It's also a "win-more" card if your board is already lethal.
Tutor for it, ramp into it, or reanimate it — but only if you go wide.
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Printings (14)
Rulings (2)
- 2025-04-04
The value of X is calculated only once, as Craterhoof Behemoth’s last ability resolves.
- 2025-04-04
Craterhoof Behemoth’s triggered ability affects only creatures you control at the time it resolves. Creatures you begin to control later in the turn won’t gain trample and get +X/+X.