Dogpile
Instant
Dogpile deals damage to any target equal to the number of attacking creatures you control.
- CMC
- 4
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- R
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Ravnica: City of Guilds
- Price
- $0.13
- EDHREC rank
- #15580
Dogpile deals damage equal to the number of creatures attacking a target player or planeswalker — in a go-wide combat step, that number gets large fast. It's a combat trick that doubles as a burn spell, but it only fires during attacks, which limits when you can deploy it.
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 | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
In Commander, Dogpile rewards token and swarm strategies — think Krenko, Mob Boss or Jetmir, Nexus of Revels shells where ten-plus attackers are routine, turning this into a double-digit damage spell stapled to a combat phase. Outside of those wide-board decks it's marginal, since smaller creature counts keep the ceiling low. In Pauper it's a common-legal combat trick with some potential in aggressive red decks, though the attack-step restriction means it rarely sees play over cheaper burn. Legacy and Vintage have no interest in it — the effect is too narrow and the ceiling too low for formats defined by efficient interaction.
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Price Context
Current price
$0.13 bulk tier
At $0.13, Dogpile is deep bulk — the kind of card you pick out of a dollar box without thinking twice. Don't expect the price to move; the narrow application keeps demand low and supply is not a limiting factor.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.