Cragplate Baloth
Creature — Beast
Kicker 
This spell can't be countered.
Hexproof, haste
If this creature was kicked, it enters with four +1/+1 counters on it.
- CMC
- 7
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- G
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- Zendikar Rising
- Price
- $0.26
- EDHREC rank
- #12151
Cragplate Baloth lands as a hexproof, trample, haste threat that demands an immediate answer — and at six mana it costs enough that you need a deck built to cheat or discount it. Indominus Rex, Alpha is exactly that deck, using Cragplate Baloth as one of the best keyword-dense targets to exile off the top and stack onto a growing threat.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Indominus Rex, Alpha
Indominus Rex, Alpha exiles cards to grant their keywords to itself, and Cragplate Baloth delivers hexproof, trample, and haste in a single card — making it one of the most efficient targets in the entire 99 for that engine.
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 | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
In Commander, Cragplate Baloth earns its slot in creature-based Gruul or stompy builds that want a resilient, self-protective finisher — hexproof and haste together mean it dodges the most common interaction and swings the same turn it arrives. Outside Commander, it's legal in Legacy, Vintage, Modern, and Pioneer, but those formats move fast enough that a six-mana creature needs to end the game on the spot to justify the cost, and Cragplate Baloth rarely does that on raw stats alone. It's fundamentally a Commander card — the slower pace and higher life totals make its keyword suite matter in ways 60-card formats won't reward.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.26 bulk tier
At $0.26, Cragplate Baloth is deep bulk — easy to pick up as a throw-in or cheap singles order. Bulk rares at this price point don't tend to climb unless they find a breakout competitive home, and this one is unlikely to leave Commander tables.
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Sources
Mentioned
- Indominus Rex, Alpha
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.