Catacomb Crocodile
Creature — Crocodile
- CMC
- 5
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- B
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Ravnica Allegiance
- Price
- $0.08
- EDHREC rank
- #25034
Catacomb Crocodile is a 3/5 body for five mana with no abilities — it trades a turn for a blocker and nothing else. Every competitive format has cheaper, better-statted creatures that actually do something when they enter or attack.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Catacomb Crocodile is legal in Commander, Legacy, Modern, Pioneer, Vintage, Pauper, and Oathbreaker, but legal doesn't mean playable. In Commander, five mana for a vanilla 3/5 is unacceptable — the format's power density means you need every card to generate value, and Catacomb Crocodile generates none. Pauper is the one format where rate-checking on commons is strictest, and even there a do-nothing body at five mana doesn't make the cut. In Legacy and Vintage the card doesn't exist competitively.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.08 bulk tier
At $0.08, Catacomb Crocodile sits firmly in bulk — the kind of card that ends up in a land box, not a trade binder. The price won't move; bulk commons with no competitive applications don't have a floor to fall through or a ceiling to approach.
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Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.