Bog Rats

Creature — Rat

This creature can't be blocked by Walls.

CMC
1
Mana cost
{B}
Color identity
B
Rarity
common
Set
The Dark
Price
$0.33
EDHREC rank
#18572
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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

FormatVerdict
commander
legacy
modern
pioneer
standard
vintage
pauper
oathbreaker

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.

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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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    Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.