Belligerent of the Ball
Creature — Ogre Warrior
Celebration — At the beginning of combat on your turn, if two or more nonland permanents entered the battlefield under your control this turn, target creature you control gets +1/+0 and gains menace until end of turn. (It can't be blocked except by two or more creatures.)
- CMC
- 3
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- R
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Wilds of Eldraine
- Price
- $0.06
- EDHREC rank
- #25462
Belligerent of the Ball swings in as a trampling threat that grows every time you make a token, turning a wide board into a single lethal attacker. The two-mana body is efficient enough that the cost never feels punishing.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | legal |
| standard | legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
In Commander, Belligerent of the Ball belongs in any token-doubling or aristocrats shell where the board goes wide fast — the trample ensures all that power doesn't get chump-blocked into irrelevance. It's not a build-around, but it pulls serious weight as a payoff piece. In 60-card formats like Modern and Pioneer, it's too slow and narrow to compete against dedicated aggro and midrange; token strategies there want faster, more redundant threats. Standard is its most viable non-Commander home if a token-centric deck emerges in the format, but even there it's a role-player rather than a finisher.
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Price Context
Current price
$0.06 bulk tier
At $0.06, Belligerent of the Ball is pure bulk — you're picking up copies for pennies and there's no meaningful price floor to worry about. It holds that price as long as it remains a casual-only card; a breakout Standard or Pioneer token deck could nudge it slightly, but don't count on it.
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.