Bear's Companion
Creature — Human Warrior
When this creature enters, create a 4/4 green Bear creature token.
- CMC
- 5
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- GRU
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Khans of Tarkir
- Price
- $0.05
- EDHREC rank
- #27037
Bear's Companion puts a 4/4 and a 1/1 on the board for five mana across three colors — reasonable stats, unremarkable rate. The problem is that five-mana spells in Commander need to either close games or generate real advantage, and Bear's Companion does neither.
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 | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Bear's Companion is legal in Commander, Legacy, Modern, Pioneer, Vintage, and Oathbreaker, but it sees essentially no play outside of Commander casual tables. In Modern and Legacy, a five-mana sorcery that produces a 4/4 and a 1/1 without any ETB value, evasion, or immediate impact is nowhere near competitive — those formats have closed games by turn three. Commander is the only context where Bear's Companion is remotely reasonable, and even there it sits at the low end of playable: Naya creature decks that care about token count or sheer board presence will run it, but anything optimized will cut it for a card that does more at the same cost.
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Price Context
Current price
$0.05 bulk tier
At $0.05, Bear's Companion is deep bulk — you'll find it in any common box or throw-in pile without thinking twice. That price is stable because demand is minimal; there's no spike risk and no reason to buy in quantity.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.