Black Oak of Odunos
Creature — Zombie Treefolk
Defender
, Tap another untapped creature you control: This creature gets +1/+1 until end of turn.
- CMC
- 3
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- B
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Born of the Gods
- Price
- $0.07
- EDHREC rank
- #23195
Black Oak of Odunos is a 0/5 defender that taps other creatures to pump itself — a walls-matter body that doubles as a mana sink for go-wide token boards. The ceiling is real in the right shell, but a 2B 0/5 that can't attack and requires tapping your own creatures is too much friction for most decks.
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 |
Black Oak of Odunos is legal across Commander, Legacy, Modern, Pioneer, Vintage, and Oathbreaker, but competitive constructed formats have zero interest in a 2B 0/5 with no evasion and no immediate board impact. Commander is the only format where it belongs, and even there it needs a specific commander — Arcades, the Strategist, Doran, the Siege Tower, or Phenax, God of Deception — to justify the slot. Outside of those homes, Black Oak of Odunos is a bulk rare collecting dust in a binder.
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Price Context
Current price
$0.07 bulk tier
At $0.07, Black Oak of Odunos is deep bulk — buy it without thinking if it fits your build. There's no price pressure here and no trajectory that changes that math.
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Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.