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Deadbridge Goliath

Creature — Insect

Scavenge {4}{G}{G} ({4}{G}{G}, Exile this card from your graveyard: Put a number of +1/+1 counters equal to this card's power on target creature. Scavenge only as a sorcery.)

CMC
4
Mana cost
{2}{G}{G}
Color identity
G
Rarity
rare
Set
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Price
—
EDHREC rank
#19251
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Deadbridge Goliath card art
Deadbridge Goliath is a 5/5 for four mana with no evasion and no enters-the-battlefield effect — a vanilla beater dressed up with a scavenge ability that costs six more mana to use. The stats were competitive once; in Commander, where every slot competes against cards that generate value immediately, a 5/5 that does nothing until you pay another six is a hard sell.

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

Deadbridge Goliath is legal in Commander, Legacy, Modern, Pioneer, Vintage, and Oathbreaker, but seeing meaningful play in none of them. In Commander, the format where it has the most natural home, a 5/5 for four is well below the power threshold expected of a non-legendary creature with no immediate effect — scavenge for six is too slow and too expensive to build around when comparable slots offer ramp, draw, or combo pieces. In Modern and Pioneer the creature isn't close to competitive; both formats demand bodies that impact the board immediately or generate value on entry. Legacy and Vintage are non-starters for an underpowered midrange beater. Deadbridge Goliath is functionally a draft card that aged out of constructed relevance.

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Price Context

Current price

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Pricing data isn't available for Deadbridge Goliath at the moment — check Scryfall or TCGPlayer for current market values. Given its low competitive demand across all legal formats, it's almost certainly a bulk rare.

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