Bogardan Rager
Creature — Elemental
Flash (You may cast this spell any time you could cast an instant.)
When this creature enters, target creature gets +4/+0 until end of turn.
- CMC
- 6
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- R
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Time Spiral
- Price
- $0.13
- EDHREC rank
- #27643
Bogardan Rager enters as a 4/2 flash creature that pumps a target creature +4/+0 until end of turn — that's a combat trick stapled to a body, and it costs six mana. That price tag is the problem: six mana for a 4/2 with a temporary pump is nowhere near rate in any competitive context.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | not legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Bogardan Rager is legal in Commander, Legacy, Modern, Vintage, Pauper, and Oathbreaker, but seeing meaningful play in almost none of them. In Commander, the flash angle is mildly interesting for ambush blocks or surprise combat math, but six mana for a 4/2 that doesn't stick around as a threat is too inefficient when the format is packed with higher-impact six-drops. In Pauper, where commons live or die by efficiency, Bogardan Rager is too slow and too fragile to matter. Legacy and Vintage don't give it a second look.
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Price Context
Current price
$0.13 bulk tier
At $0.13, Bogardan Rager is deep bulk — you're paying for cardboard, not utility. There's no reason to expect that to change, as demand for a six-mana flash 4/2 with a temporary pump is essentially zero across all formats.
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.