Bog Gnarr
Creature — Beast
Whenever a player casts a black spell, this creature gets +2/+2 until end of turn.
- CMC
- 5
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- G
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Apocalypse
- Price
- $0.08
- EDHREC rank
- #30812
Bog Gnarr is a 2/2 for five mana that can grow into a serious threat whenever you cast a black or green spell — conditional stats stapled to a mediocre body at a painful cost. The ceiling exists, but a 5-mana 2/2 that requires additional spell investment to matter is too slow for almost every context where it could theoretically shine.
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 | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
In Commander, Bog Gnarr is a fringe role-player at best — black-green decks can trigger it reliably, but five mana for a 2/2 with upside is a steep ask when the format is full of threats that demand answers on arrival. Pauper is the one format where Bog Gnarr has ever seen a second look: common-legal black-green shells occasionally spike it to large sizes in spell-dense turns, though it has never broken through as a staple. Legacy and Vintage are legal but irrelevant — the card doesn't approach the power threshold those formats demand. Bog Gnarr is a casual Commander card through and through, and even there it earns its slot only in decks deliberately maximizing black and green spell volume.
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Price Context
Current price
$0.08 bulk tier
At $0.08, Bog Gnarr is deep bulk — you'll find it in a common box long before you'd bother ordering it. There's no price floor to speak of; demand is low enough that this sits at its natural bottom indefinitely.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.