Boggart Arsonists
Creature — Goblin Rogue
Plainswalk (This creature can't be blocked as long as defending player controls a Plains.)
, Sacrifice this creature: Destroy target Scarecrow or Plains.
- CMC
- 3
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- R
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Shadowmoor
- Price
- $0.11
- EDHREC rank
- #27626
Boggart Arsonists destroys a Plainscycling, Swampcycling, or similar type-specific land — but only if an opponent controls one, and only at the cost of a 3/1 body with no evasion. A three-mana 3/1 that answers a narrow permanent type is not a card that belongs in serious decks.
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 |
Boggart Arsonists is legal in Commander, Legacy, Modern, Vintage, Pauper, and Oathbreaker, but legal doesn't mean playable. In Commander, the effect is too conditional — destroying a cycling land requires an opponent to be running one and to have it on the battlefield, a situation rare enough that Boggart Arsonists will sit in hand most games. In Pauper, the format's creature and land density are high enough that the body is theoretically relevant, but a 3/1 for three with no evasion and a situational enters-the-battlefield effect doesn't clear the bar there either. Legacy and Vintage have access to so many efficient threats and answers that Boggart Arsonists doesn't register.
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Price Context
Current price
$0.11 bulk tier
At $0.11, Boggart Arsonists is deep bulk — a price that reflects exactly what it is. There is no demand driver that changes this; the effect is too narrow to create a spike.
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.