Battering Craghorn
Creature — Goat Beast
First strike
Morph 
(You may cast this card face down as a 2/2 creature for 
. Turn it face up any time for its morph cost.)
- CMC
- 4
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- R
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Archenemy
- Price
- $0.09
- EDHREC rank
- #28013
Battering Craghorn is a 3/1 first striker for four mana with a mandatory attack — a stat line and restriction that barely clears the bar for Limited, let alone Commander. At four mana, you need a meaningful enters-the-battlefield effect or evasion to justify a slot, and Battering Craghorn offers neither.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | not legal |
| pioneer | not legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
In Commander, Battering Craghorn competes against a deep pool of efficient red creatures and has no place in a 99-card singleton format where every slot needs to earn it. Pauper is the one format where Battering Craghorn is technically legal and the card pool is shallow enough that a 3/1 first striker occasionally sees fringe play in aggressive red builds, though it still rarely makes the cut. Legacy and Vintage both have access to it, but the card doesn't interact meaningfully with anything those formats care about. The forced attack clause is a genuine liability anywhere a blocker or a political chip matters — which is most of Commander.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.09 bulk tier
At $0.09, Battering Craghorn sits firmly in bulk territory, and that price reflects its demand accurately. There's no competitive application or casual spike scenario that would move the needle here.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.