Atog
Creature — Atog
Sacrifice an artifact: This creature gets +2/+2 until end of turn.
- CMC
- 2
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- R
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Fifth Edition
- Price
- $0.22
- EDHREC rank
- #14687
Atog trades your artifacts for +2/+2 until end of turn, turning a board of spare rocks into a surprise one-shot threat. The cost is real — you're sacrificing permanents — but Nuka-Cola Vending Machine and similar token-generating artifacts mean you can often eat something disposable and still close the game.
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 | banned |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Atog is banned in Pauper, which is the one place it actually dominated — cheap artifacts and Fling made it a consistent kill machine at common rarity. Everywhere else it's legal, but Modern and Legacy have long since left a vanilla 1/2 behind unless you're building around it specifically. Commander gives Atog a genuine pass: the singleton format slows the combo pressure that made it oppressive, and commanders like Jaws, Relentless Predator create the artifact density needed to make the sacrifice payoff worthwhile.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Jaws, Relentless Predator
Jaws, Relentless Predator generates a stream of Food tokens through combat, giving Atog a renewable sacrifice engine — you eat Foods to pump in response to blocks, then let Jaws rebuild the supply next attack step.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Nuka-Cola Vending MachineAcademy ManufactorAtog
Infinitely large creature until end of turn; Infinite tapped Food tokens; Infinite tapped Treasure tokens; Infinite tapped Clue tokens
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Ragost, Deft GastronautNuka-Cola Vending MachineAtog
Infinitely large creature until end of turn
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Teshar, Ancestor's ApostleSol RingScrap TrawlerAtog
Infinite LTB; Infinite ETB; Infinite sacrifice triggers; Infinite death triggers; Infinite colorless mana; Infinitely large creature until end of turn
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Lonis, Genetics ExpertJenny FlintAtog
Infinitely large creature until end of turn; Infinite +1/+1 counters on creatures you control
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Lonis, Genetics ExpertPiper Wright, Publick ReporterAtog
Infinitely large creature until end of turn; Infinite +1/+1 counters on creatures you control
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Current price
$0.22 bulk tier
At $0.22, Atog is deep bulk — you're paying for the cardboard, not the card. The price won't move; it's been reprinted enough times that supply vastly outpaces demand outside Pauper, where it's banned anyway.
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Sources
Mentioned
- Nuka-Cola Vending Machine
- Jaws, Relentless Predator
- Academy Manufactor
- Ragost, Deft Gastronaut
- Teshar, Ancestor's Apostle
- Sol Ring
- Scrap Trawler
- Lonis, Genetics Expert
- Jenny Flint
- Piper Wright, Publick Reporter
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.