Bag End Porter
Creature — Dwarf
Whenever this creature attacks, it gets +X/+X until end of turn, where X is the number of legendary creatures you control.
- CMC
- 4
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- G
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- The Lord of the Rings: Tales of Middle-earth
- Price
- $0.20
- EDHREC rank
- #21323
Bag End Porter is a two-mana 2/2 that taps to untap a land — a modest body with a built-in mana-acceleration trick that compounds fast in decks that can flicker or untap it repeatedly. The effect is real, but the rate is narrow: outside dedicated untap or landfall loops, Bag End Porter is just a vanilla creature with a marginal upside.
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 | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
In Commander, Bag End Porter earns a slot in untap-value decks — think Seedborn Muse strategies or Landfall commanders who care about repeatedly triggering land-drop effects — but it's a role-player, not a staple. Pauper is where Bag End Porter gets the most serious consideration, since the format's power ceiling is lower and two-mana creatures with repeatable mana tricks see real play in tempo and combo shells. Legacy and Vintage are non-starters: the effect is far too slow for those formats' power levels. Oathbreaker sits closest to Commander in pace, and the same untap-loop shells that want it there will want it here too.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.20 bulk tier
At $0.20, Bag End Porter is deep bulk — the kind of card you pick up as an afterthought in a trade binder. Bulk commons and uncommons with narrow applications rarely appreciate, so don't expect the price to move unless a future set prints a commander that makes repeated land-untap effects a central mechanic.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.