First printed in Modern Horizons (2019)

Lesser Masticore

Artifact Creature — Masticore

As an additional cost to cast this spell, discard a card.
4 generic : This creature deals 1 damage to target creature.
Persist (When this creature dies, if it had no -1/-1 counters on it, return it to the battlefield under its owner's control with a -1/-1 counter on it.)

In the last 30 days 0.1% of Commander decks played it (8 of 6150). Most played in Celes, Rune Knight.

Combos

342 combos from Commander Spellbook, the most popular first.

Infinite colorless mana, Infinite damage to creatures…: Ashnod's Altar + Lesser Masticore + Renata, Called to the Hunt
Infinite creature LTB, Infinite creature ETB…: Bartolomé del Presidio + Lesser Masticore + Luminous Broodmoth
Infinite death triggers, Infinite creature ETB…: Altar of Dementia + Lesser Masticore + Renata, Called to the Hunt
Infinite colored mana, Infinite damage to creatures…: Lesser Masticore + Phyrexian Altar + Renata, Called to the Hunt
Infinite colorless mana, Infinite damage to creatures…: Ashnod's Altar + Lesser Masticore + Tribute to the World Tree
Infinite colored mana, Infinite damage to creatures…: Lesser Masticore + Phyrexian Altar + Tribute to the World Tree
Infinite death triggers, Infinite creature ETB…: Altar of Dementia + Lesser Masticore + Tribute to the World Tree
Infinite creature ETB, Infinite creature LTB…: Altar of Dementia + Good-Fortune Unicorn + Lesser Masticore
Infinite creature LTB, Infinite creature ETB…: Grinding Station + Lesser Masticore + Luminous Broodmoth
Infinite colorless mana, Infinite damage to creatures…: Ashnod's Altar + Lesser Masticore + Spark Double

See all 342 on Commander Spellbook

Legality

Constructed

Standard Not legal
Pioneer Not legal
Modern Legal
Legacy Legal
Vintage Legal
Pauper Not legal
Future Standard Not legal
Historic Not legal
Timeless Not legal
Alchemy Not legal
Penny Dreadful Not legal
Premodern Not legal
Old School 93/94 Not legal

Singleton

Gladiator Not legal

Commander formats

Commander Legal
Duel Commander Legal
Pauper Commander Not legal
PreDH Not legal
Tiny Leaders Legal
Oathbreaker Legal
Brawl Not legal
Standard Brawl Not legal
Competitive Brawl Not legal

In tournament decks of the last 30 days

Commander Other periods →

In 8 of 6150 decks (0.1%).

Share of decks

0.1%

▼ 0.1 vs previous 30 days

Weekly, last 90 days

Decks

8 main, 0 sideboard

Avg. copies

1.0

in the main deck

Win rate

10%

1 top 8 (challenges only)

Archetypes by metagame share

Archetype	Meta	Play it
Celes, Rune Knight	0.1%	100%
Gev, Scaled Scorch	0.0%	50%
Varolz, the Scar-Striped	0.0%	50%
Gorma, the Gullet	0.0%	100%

Played together with

Card	Together	Lift
Animate Dead	100%	22.8
Dark Ritual	100%	2.5
Demonic Tutor	100%	2.1
Vampiric Tutor	100%	2.1
Command Tower	100%	1.2
Sol Ring	100%	1.0
Reanimate	88%	7.8
Culling the Weak	88%	3.1
Cabal Ritual	88%	3.0
Orcish Bowmasters	88%	2.6

Best win rate

Deck	Record
Celes, Rune Knight CEO of Big Horse Corp [Prowess] in Cian Colony Memorial Tournament 4	1-4 20%
Gev, Scaled Scorch Korbin Frisch in Gem State CEDH \| Ad Naus for a Cause!	0-5 0%

Challenges only: MTGO publishes only the 5-0 league decks.

Latest decks

Deck	Copies	Finish
Gorma, the Gullet Artan Saliovski, 25 Oct	1 main	#21 0-2
Celes, Rune Knight CEO of Big Horse Corp [Prowess], 24 Oct	1 main	#41 1-4
Celes, Rune Knight Jaxson, 24 Oct	1 main	#17 0-3
Gev, Scaled Scorch Korbin Frisch, 17 Oct	1 main	#41 0-5
Celes, Rune Knight Brett, 17 Oct	1 main	#6 1-2
Varolz, the Scar-Striped Jivinod J Kuyun, 17 Oct	1 main	#29 0-4
Celes, Rune Knight Derek Bippus, 4 Oct	1 main	#53 0-4
Celes, Rune Knight Michael BANKS, 3 Oct	1 main	#36 0-2

No recent decks in: Modern, Legacy, Vintage, Duel Commander.