Chub Toad
Creature — Frog
Whenever this creature blocks or becomes blocked, it gets +2/+2 until end of turn.
- CMC
- 3
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- G
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Fifth Edition
- Price
- $0.26
- EDHREC rank
- #20731
Chub Toad is a 2/2 for four mana that gets +2/+2 until end of turn whenever you tap it for mana — a payoff so narrow and so slow that it rarely justifies a deck slot. Vanilla-sized at best, it competes with green three-drops that actually advance a board state.
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 |
Chub Toad is legal in Commander, Legacy, Vintage, Pauper, and Oathbreaker, but sees essentially no competitive play in any of them. In Commander, a four-mana 2/2 that pumps only when tapped for mana is too conditional to earn a slot over creatures that ramp and threaten simultaneously. Pauper is the one format where bulk commons occasionally find a niche, but the tempo cost here is prohibitive — you're spending your entire turn four on a creature that needs further mana investment to do anything relevant.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.26 bulk tier
At $0.26, Chub Toad sits firmly in bulk territory, and that price reflects its playability. Demand is low enough that the price is unlikely to move absent a surprise reprint in a precon that somehow makes tap-for-mana synergies a theme.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.