Crimson Muckwader
Creature — Lizard
This creature gets +1/+1 as long as you control a Swamp.
: Regenerate this creature. (The next time this creature would be destroyed this turn, instead tap it, remove it from combat, and heal all damage on it.)
- CMC
- 2
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- BR
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- The List
- Price
- $0.07
- EDHREC rank
- #23700
Crimson Muckwader is a two-mana 2/2 with regeneration gated behind Swamp mana — a conditional defensive body that demands mono-black or heavy-black commitment just to protect an underwhelming stat line. The cost is real: outside dedicated Swamp-matters builds, it's outclassed by nearly every two-drop that doesn't need a tax to survive.
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 | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Crimson Muckwader is legal in Commander, Legacy, Modern, Vintage, and Oathbreaker, but sees no meaningful play in any of them. In Commander, a 2/2 regenerator needs either a tribal home or a Swamp-count payoff to justify a slot — and even then, the regeneration clause requires holding up mana every time it blocks. In Legacy and Modern, the competition at two mana is brutal and Crimson Muckwader doesn't come close to that bar. It's a card that's technically available everywhere it could matter and relevant nowhere.
Key Combos
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Price Context
Current price
$0.07 bulk tier
At $0.07, Crimson Muckwader is deep bulk — the kind of price that reflects genuine lack of demand across every format it's legal in. There's no realistic pressure that moves this tier upward unless a dedicated Swamp-matters Commander strategy somehow drives fringe interest.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.