Bog Elemental
Creature — Elemental
Protection from white
At the beginning of your upkeep, sacrifice this creature unless you sacrifice a land.
- CMC
- 5
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- B
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- Prophecy
- Price
- $0.32
- EDHREC rank
- #29539
Bog Elemental puts a 4/4 flying body on the board that forces your opponents to sacrifice lands every upkeep or watch it grow — the political pressure is real. The cost is steep: six mana for a creature that does nothing the turn it arrives and evaporates the moment anyone stops losing lands.
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 |
Commander is where Bog Elemental has any business existing, and even there it occupies a narrow lane. In multiplayer games with three or four opponents, the cumulative land-sacrifice trigger stacks across upkeeps and creates genuine board tension — but six mana buys you faster, more reliable threats in most black shells. Legacy and Vintage are legal on paper, but Bog Elemental is nowhere near the power level those formats demand. Oathbreaker is legal and the smaller table size actually hurts it — fewer opponents means the land-sacrifice clause loses much of its multiplayer leverage.
Key Combos
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Price Context
Current price
$0.32 bulk tier
At $0.32, Bog Elemental is deep bulk — the price reflects its narrow play rate, not any hidden utility. It's stable at this tier and unlikely to move without a significant reprint or unexpected spike in land-punishment strategies.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.