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Croaking Counterpart

Sorcery

Create a token that's a copy of target non-Frog creature, except it's a 1/1 green Frog.
Flashback {3}{G}{U} (You may cast this card from your graveyard for its flashback cost. Then exile it.)

CMC
3
Mana cost
{1}{G}{U}
Color identity
GU
Rarity
rare
Set
Innistrad: Double Feature
Price
$1.71
EDHREC rank
#5459
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Croaking Counterpart card art
Croaking Counterpart creates a 1/1 Frog token copy of any non-Frog creature you control for three mana — instant speed, no targeting restrictions beyond creature type — and the flashback clause means you get to do it twice. It slots cleanly into Dualcaster Mage lines and is the engine card in Grolnok, the Omnivore builds that want to flood the board with Frog copies and trigger graveyard mechanics.

Best Commanders

Commanders with the highest synergy

01
Grolnok, the Omnivore

Grolnok, the Omnivore

54.1% of decks · synergy 0.50

Grolnok, the Omnivore turns every Frog that dies into free spell exiles with croak counters, so Croaking Counterpart generates both board presence and card advantage simultaneously — flash it back and you've fueled Grolnok twice off a single card.

02
Clement, the Worrywort

Clement, the Worrywort

48.3% of decks · synergy 0.44

Clement, the Worrywort cares about tokens entering and leaving, so Croaking Counterpart's two-cast structure from flashback is exactly what the engine wants — two separate token triggers for the price of one card.

03
Ivy, Gleeful Spellthief

Ivy, Gleeful Spellthief

17.9% of decks · synergy 0.13

Ivy, Gleeful Spellthief copies any spell that targets a single creature, so Croaking Counterpart cast at instant speed becomes two Frog tokens for the price of one — Ivy copies the spell and the controller picks their own target.

04
Tatsunari, Toad Rider

Tatsunari, Toad Rider

14.9% of decks · synergy 0.13

Tatsunari, Toad Rider creates a Frog token whenever you cast an enchantment, but the deck still needs density of Frog bodies; Croaking Counterpart provides a cheap, repeatable way to double up your best creature as a Frog and grow the board.

05
Adrix and Nev, Twincasters

Adrix and Nev, Twincasters

16.1% of decks · synergy 0.12

Adrix and Nev, Twincasters doubles every token that would be created, so Croaking Counterpart's single cast produces two Frog copies instead of one — flash it back and the board grows by four tokens off a three-mana instant.

Format Analysis

Where it lives, where it can’t

FormatVerdict
commander legal
legacy legal
modern legal
pioneer legal
standard not legal
vintage legal
pauper not legal
oathbreaker legal

Croaking Counterpart is legal in Commander, Legacy, Modern, Pioneer, Vintage, and Oathbreaker, but its real home is Commander. In Modern and Pioneer the three-mana cost is too slow to compete with dedicated clone or tempo tools, and as a sorcery-speed body generator it lacks the raw efficiency those formats demand. Legacy and Vintage have the card pool to abuse it, but those formats rarely reach for value-oriented token spells at this cost. Commander is where Croaking Counterpart earns its slot — flashback doubles the value in a format where games go long, Frog tribal synergies are deep enough to reward the creature-type restriction, and instant speed makes it a combat trick that also leaves a body.

Key Combos

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Price Context

Current price

$1.71 cheap tier

At $1.71, Croaking Counterpart sits in the cheap tier — low enough to be a no-brainer inclusion in any deck that wants it. It sees enough play across Grolnok, Tatsunari, and token-doubler lists that the price is unlikely to fall further, making it a straightforward pickup.

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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.