Caterwauling Boggart
Creature — Goblin Shaman
Goblins you control and Elementals you control have menace. (They can't be blocked except by two or more creatures.)
- CMC
- 4
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- R
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Lorwyn
- Price
- $0.19
- EDHREC rank
- #15885
Caterwauling Boggart gives all Goblins and all Elementals you control mountainwalk for a single red mana — relevant evasion stapled to a creature that costs almost nothing to slot in. It's a role-player in tribal builds, not a standalone threat, but in the right deck it turns a board stall into a one-sided attack.
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 |
Caterwauling Boggart sees essentially zero play in Legacy, Vintage, or Modern — those formats move too fast for a 2/1 that does nothing without a board already in place. Pauper Goblin decks theoretically could use it, but the format's Goblin builds favor consistent aggression over conditional evasion. Commander is where Caterwauling Boggart has its only real home: Goblin tribal decks helmed by commanders like Krenko, Mob Boss or Wort, Boggart Auntie can leverage the mountainwalk when opponents are running red lands, and Elemental tribal decks occasionally want the effect too.
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Price Context
Current price
$0.19 bulk tier
At $0.19, Caterwauling Boggart is pure bulk — you're paying for cardboard, not scarcity. Don't expect the price to move; narrow tribal utility cards at this tier stay cheap indefinitely.
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.