Bloated Toad
Creature — Frog
Protection from blue
Cycling 
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- CMC
- 3
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- G
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Urza's Legacy
- Price
- $0.35
- EDHREC rank
- #18190
Bloated Toad hits the board as a 4/3 with protection from blue and protection from black — relevant immunities against the most common removal colors in Commander — for three mana. It's a clean, honest rate, and in Grolnok, the Omnivore decks it also mills on attack, making it more engine piece than beater.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Grolnok, the Omnivore
Grolnok, the Omnivore turns every attacking Frog into a mill trigger, and Bloated Toad's protection from blue and black means it connects reliably against the two colors most likely to chump or tap it down — free mill that the table can't easily stop.
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 |
Bloated Toad is legal in Commander, Legacy, Vintage, and Oathbreaker, but Legacy and Vintage have no realistic home for it — those formats demand more than a 4/3 with protection. Commander is where it earns its slot, specifically in Frog tribal or Grolnok, the Omnivore lists where the mill trigger and protection coverage both matter. In Oathbreaker it's a legal option but the smaller game size makes tribal payoffs harder to assemble consistently.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.35 bulk tier
At $0.35, Bloated Toad is firmly bulk — cheap enough to throw into any Frog list without a second thought. Bulk commons and uncommons with narrow tribal homes tend to stay at this price floor, so don't expect movement either direction.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.