Bellowing Mauler
Creature — Ogre Warrior
At the beginning of your end step, each player loses 4 life unless they sacrifice a nontoken creature of their choice.
- CMC
- 5
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- B
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- New Capenna Commander
- Price
- $0.29
- EDHREC rank
- #17889
Bellowing Mauler enters the battlefield and immediately taxes your opponents' resources — a enter-the-battlefield effect stapled to a reasonable body is the whole pitch. The cost is that six mana is a steep ask for what it does, and at that price point the competition is brutal.
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 | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Bellowing Mauler is legal in Commander, Legacy, Vintage, and Oathbreaker, but Legacy and Vintage have no interest in a six-mana creature without a game-breaking effect. Commander is the only realistic home, where the singleton rule and slower pace give expensive enters-the-battlefield creatures room to breathe. Even there, Bellowing Mauler has to justify its slot against a deep bench of six-drops that either close games or generate more immediate value.
Key Combos
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Price Context
Current price
$0.29 bulk tier
At $0.29, Bellowing Mauler sits firmly in bulk territory — easy to acquire, easy to cut without regret. Bulk rares at this price point rarely climb unless a new combo or commander pushes them into demand, and nothing on the horizon signals that for Bellowing Mauler.
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Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.