Defiant Ogre
Creature — Ogre Warrior
When this creature enters, choose one —
• Put a +1/+1 counter on this creature.
• Destroy target artifact.
- CMC
- 6
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- R
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Fate Reforged
- Price
- $0.03
- EDHREC rank
- #27392
Defiant Ogre enters as a 5/4 with a choice of two relevant keywords — trample or vigilance — stapled to a six-mana body, which is a reasonable rate for a top-end threat in limited formats but painfully slow for Constructed. The cost is the whole problem: at six mana, Commander has better options at virtually every point on that curve.
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 | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Defiant Ogre is a pauper-legal common, and that's where it comes closest to earning a slot — six mana is still steep even there, but the keyword flexibility gives it a marginal edge over vanilla bodies at the same cost. In Commander, it competes against a field of six-drop creatures that either generate immediate value, win the game, or do both, and Defiant Ogre does neither. Legacy, Modern, and Pioneer are non-starters; those formats don't play six-mana 5/4s without game-ending upside attached.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.03 bulk tier
At $0.03, Defiant Ogre is deep bulk — the kind of card you find in a draft chaff pile, not a trade binder. There's no trajectory that changes that; the card's ceiling is 'filler in a pauper deck that really needs a body.'
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.