Cave Tiger
Creature — Cat
Whenever this creature becomes blocked by a creature, this creature gets +1/+1 until end of turn.
- CMC
- 3
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- G
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Urza's Saga
- Price
- $0.18
- EDHREC rank
- #28966
Cave Tiger is a 3/1 with forestwalk for two mana — decent stats with conditional evasion that only matters when your opponent controls a Forest. It's a fine role-player in green-heavy metas but too situational to earn a slot in most lists.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | not legal |
| pioneer | not legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
In Commander, Cave Tiger is a budget filler creature for aggressive green strategies, but forestwalk is unreliable against the table unless you're pairing it with land-type manipulation like Blanket of Night. In Legacy and Vintage, where the card is technically legal, Cave Tiger sees no play — the power floor is far too low for those environments. Pauper is its most credible home if a dedicated green stompy or forestwalk package ever materializes, but even there it competes with more consistent threats.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.18 bulk tier
At $0.18, Cave Tiger is deep bulk — the kind of card you pick out of a dollar box, not off a buy list. Don't expect the price to move; there's no competitive demand driving it anywhere.
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.