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Brightcap Badger // Fungus Frolic

Creature — Badger Druid // Instant — Adventure

Each Fungus and Saproling you control has "{T}: Add {G}."
At the beginning of your end step, create a 1/1 green Saproling creature token.

CMC
4
Mana cost
{3}{G}
Color identity
G
Rarity
rare
Set
Bloomburrow Commander
Price
$0.47
EDHREC rank
#3666
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Brightcap Badger // Fungus Frolic card art
Brightcap Badger // Fungus Frolic enters as a 2/2 that creates a Saproling token and then pumps your whole board with a fight-ready trample effect — the Adventure half gives you a combat trick that doubles as a token generator before the creature follows. The cost is real: five mana total across two casts is a lot to ask, and outside of dedicated Saproling or fungus builds anchored by something like Shroofus Sproutsire or a loop enabler like Intruder Alarm, it doesn't pull its weight.

Best Commanders

Commanders with the highest synergy

01
Shroofus Sproutsire

Shroofus Sproutsire

69.4% of decks · synergy 0.66

Shroofus Sproutsire runs Brightcap Badger // Fungus Frolic in nearly 70% of decks because the Badger's Saproling production feeds directly into Shroofus Sproutsire's fungus and token synergies, making both halves of the card productive on-theme.

02
Slimefoot, the Stowaway

Slimefoot, the Stowaway

53.7% of decks · synergy 0.51

Slimefoot, the Stowaway turns every Saproling death into drain damage, so the token Brightcap Badger // Fungus Frolic generates is a threat and a life-swing the moment it hits the board.

03
Gorion, Wise Mentor

Gorion, Wise Mentor

48.3% of decks · synergy 0.48

Gorion, Wise Mentor boosts Adventure spells as they're cast, meaning Fungus Frolic — the Adventure half of Brightcap Badger // Fungus Frolic — gets buffed before the creature half ever resolves, squeezing extra value from a single card.

04

Beluna Grandsquall

47.0% of decks · synergy 0.46

Beluna Grandsquall cares about creatures with odd mana values, and Brightcap Badger // Fungus Frolic's creature half fits that criteria, letting Beluna Grandsquall trigger while still delivering token and pump payoffs.

05
Slimefoot and Squee

Slimefoot and Squee

31.1% of decks · synergy 0.30

Slimefoot and Squee wants a steady stream of creatures to recur and sacrifice, and Brightcap Badger // Fungus Frolic provides both a body and a token to feed that loop at a reasonable rate.

Format Analysis

Where it lives, where it can’t

FormatVerdict
commander legal
legacy legal
modern not legal
pioneer not legal
standard not legal
vintage legal
pauper not legal
oathbreaker legal

Commander is the only format where Brightcap Badger // Fungus Frolic earns a serious look — the 100-card singleton environment rewards niche token synergies, and the card slots neatly into Saproling, fungus, and Adventure-matters builds. Legacy and Vintage are both legal but irrelevant; the card is too slow and too narrow for either format's competitive demands. Oathbreaker is legal and technically playable in the same token shells that want it in Commander, though the smaller deck size makes redundancy cuts sharper.

Key Combos

Combo lines featuring this card

Price Context

Current price

$0.47 bulk tier

At $0.47, Brightcap Badger // Fungus Frolic sits firmly in bulk territory — you're not buying it for the price tag, you're buying it because your deck needs it. Bulk rares in narrow tribal niches rarely climb, so don't expect this one to move unless a future set dramatically raises the Saproling or Adventure profile.

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