Cat-Gator
Creature — Fish Crocodile
Lifelink
When this creature enters, it deals damage equal to the number of Swamps you control to any target.
- CMC
- 7
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- B
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Avatar: The Last Airbender
- Price
- $0.13
- EDHREC rank
- #19468
Cat-Gator is a five-mana 5/5 that gives you a choice of two creature types on entry — solid stats for the cost, but the real draw is tribal flexibility in a format full of type-matters payoffs. It's a role-player, not a finisher, and earns its slot only in decks that actively care about Cat or Gator synergies.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | legal |
| standard | legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Cat-Gator is a Commander card through and through — the tribal-choice mechanic only pays off when you have enough type-matters pieces on board to make the decision meaningful, which describes a 99-card singleton environment far better than any 60-card format. In Legacy, Modern, Pioneer, and Standard, a vanilla-statted five-drop with no immediate impact gets outclassed by nearly every competitive option at that mana value. Commander is where Cat-Gator finds its niche: Arahbo, Roar of the World, Gishath, Sun's Avatar, and similar tribal commanders can use the flexibility to patch a curve hole or satisfy two tribal conditions at once.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.13 bulk tier
At $0.13, Cat-Gator is deep bulk — you're not paying for power, you're paying for a niche role-player. Bulk rares with narrow tribal applications rarely appreciate unless a new commander pushes the relevant types into the spotlight.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.