Bog Rats
Creature — Rat
This creature can't be blocked by Walls.
- CMC
- 1
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- B
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- The Dark
- Price
- $0.33
- EDHREC rank
- #18572
Bog Rats is a 1/1 for one black mana with a niche static ability — it can't be blocked by Walls. That restriction is too narrow to matter in nearly any game, and a 1/1 with no other upside has no competitive home.
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 |
Bog Rats is legal in Commander, Legacy, Vintage, Pauper, and Oathbreaker, but legality is not the same as playability. In Commander, a 1/1 that dodges Wall blockers offers nothing meaningful at 100-card scale where boards fill with 4/4s and game-ending combos. Pauper is the most charitable format for cheap commons, but even there Bog Rats gets outclassed by every other one-drop black creature with actual text. Legacy and Vintage have zero interest in a vanilla 1/1.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.33 bulk tier
At $0.33, Bog Rats sits in bulk territory, and that price reflects the card's utility accurately. There is no demand driver that would push this higher — pick it up only if a very specific Wall-themed build demands a headcount.
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Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.