Ambush Krotiq
Creature — Insect
Trample
When this creature enters, return another creature you control to its owner's hand.
- CMC
- 6
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- G
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Fate Reforged
- Price
- $0.03
- EDHREC rank
- #24423
Ambush Krotiq is a 5/5 with flash and trample for six mana — a passable body that arrives at instant speed, but six mana for a vanilla-adjacent creature is a steep ask in any powered environment. It sees play almost exclusively as fodder for reanimation and morph-matters synergies, not as a legitimate threat in its own right.
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 | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Ambush Krotiq is legal in Commander, Legacy, Modern, Pioneer, Vintage, Pauper, and Oathbreaker, but competitive play in any of those formats is not where this card lives. In Commander it shows up in decks that want large creatures in the graveyard cheaply, or shells that care about manifesting and dashing big bodies — Animar, Soul of Elements and similar creature-cost-reduction commanders occasionally slot it in. Pauper is the one format where a 5/5 flash trample at common rarity turns heads, though even there six mana is slow enough that it rarely makes cuts. Everywhere else, the card is strictly outclassed.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.03 bulk tier
At $0.03, Ambush Krotiq is deep bulk — you're paying for cardboard, not card value. It will hold that floor price indefinitely; there's no spike scenario for a six-mana common with no combo ceiling.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.