Bojuka Bog
Land
This land enters tapped.
When this land enters, exile target player's graveyard.
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- CMC
- 0
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- B
- Rarity
- mythic
- Set
- Tales of Middle-earth Commander
- Price
- —
- EDHREC rank
- #25
Bojuka Bog is free graveyard hate stapled to a land — it does a real job at zero card-count cost, and that's why it shows up in nearly every black deck in Commander. The one trade-off worth naming: it enters tapped, which means running it alongside Hearthhull, the Worldseed or any other untapped-land-matters payoff requires a honest look at how often the tempo loss actually stings.
Where It Shines
Where the extra mana on turn one matters most
Big-mana shells like Nekusar, the Mindrazer
Nekusar, the Mindrazer decks lean heavily on turn-one Sol Ring lines and stack enough card draw that a single tapped land early rarely derails the game plan — making Bojuka Bog a painless include that punishes reanimator and flashback strategies before they snowball.
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 |
Commander is where Bojuka Bog earns its reputation: 100-card singleton means you can't run four copies of Tormod's Crypt, and a land that also handles graveyard threats is exactly the kind of free-roll the format rewards. In Legacy and Vintage, it sees occasional sideboard or singleton-land-package play, but faster formats punish the tapped entry enough that dedicated hate pieces usually win out. Pauper is the one non-Commander 60-card format where Bojuka Bog gets genuine respect — common-legal graveyard hate on a land is hard to replace at that rarity. Pioneer and Standard players don't have access to it, and they're not missing much in non-rotating contexts anyway.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
unknown tier
Bojuka Bog has been reprinted often enough that copies are widely available and cheap across most versions — pick up whichever printing fits your aesthetic without worrying about overpaying. If you're sleeving up a black Commander deck and don't already own one, there's no reason to wait.
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Sources
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.