Arc-Slogger
Creature — Beast
, Exile the top ten cards of your library: This creature deals 2 damage to any target.
- CMC
- 5
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- R
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- Mirrodin
- Price
- $0.36
- EDHREC rank
- #28923
Arc-Slogger gives you a 4/5 body that doubles as a repeatable removal engine — exile ten cards, deal 2 damage to any target, repeat as long as you have library to burn. The cost is real: you're spending irreplaceable cards, which makes Arc-Slogger a liability against Cosmogoyf and other payoffs that reward opponents for having fat graveyards.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | not legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
In Commander, Arc-Slogger occupies a narrow niche in red decks that either don't care about graveyard count or actively want to exile their own library — think Hideaway synergies or decks that plan to win before the attrition catches up. In Legacy and Vintage, the card is legal but has never been competitive; five mana for a 4/5 with an activated ability doesn't move the needle in formats where the bar is Ragavan and Force of Will. Modern is the same story — Arc-Slogger was fringe playable in early Modern-era formats, but the power creep left it behind entirely. Play it in Commander when the synergy is explicit; everywhere else, it's a bulk rare that stays in the binder.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
CosmogoyfJarad, Golgari Lich LordArc-Slogger
Near-infinite lifeloss; Exile your library
View on Commander Spellbook ↗Price Context
Current price
$0.36 bulk tier
At $0.36, Arc-Slogger is deep bulk — you're paying for cardboard, not demand. It's unlikely to spike without a reprint-driven rediscovery or a new combo piece that makes exiling your own library worthwhile, so grab it freely if the synergy is there and don't expect the price to move.
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.