Belligerent Whiptail
Creature — Wurm
Landfall — Whenever a land you control enters, this creature gains first strike until end of turn.
- CMC
- 4
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- R
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Battle for Zendikar
- Price
- $0.02
- EDHREC rank
- #26198
Belligerent Whiptail is a 4/2 with trample that gains haste until end of turn whenever a land enters — solid stats for three mana, and the haste trigger means it attacks the turn it lands if you're making a land drop. The cost is real: without repeated landfall triggers, it's a vanilla 4/2 trampler, which is fine but not exciting.
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 | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Belligerent Whiptail lives in Pauper and Commander landfall shells — anywhere you're reliably hitting multiple land drops per turn, it punches above its mana cost. In Commander, landfall decks using Aesi, Tyrant of Gyre Strait or Omnath, Locus of Rage can trigger the haste clause repeatedly in a single turn, turning it into a repeatable hasty threat. In Pauper it competes in aggressive green lists where a 4/2 trample body for three is already in range, and extra land drops seal the deal. Legacy, Vintage, and Modern have enough efficient threats that Belligerent Whiptail rarely makes the cut outside of kitchen-table brewing.
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Price Context
Current price
$0.02 bulk tier
At $0.02, Belligerent Whiptail is deep bulk — you're paying for cardboard and postage, not the card. At that price it holds no meaningful monetary value, but it also costs nothing to slot into a landfall Commander list and test.
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.