Drooling Ogre
Creature — Ogre
Whenever a player casts an artifact spell, that player gains control of this creature. (This effect lasts indefinitely.)
- CMC
- 2
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- R
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Darksteel
- Price
- $0.15
- EDHREC rank
- #21582
Drooling Ogre is a 3/3 for two mana — that rate is real — but any player who casts an artifact spell at sorcery speed or later gets to steal it right off the table. Outside of dedicated donate strategies like Blim, Comedic Genius, that downside is disqualifying in any multiplayer game where someone is always slapping down a Sol Ring.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Blim, Comedic Genius
Blim, Comedic Genius wants cheap, punishing permanents to donate, and Drooling Ogre fits perfectly — you give it away before anyone casts an artifact, turning the theft clause into the opponent's problem while Blim's trigger stacks up life loss and card disadvantage on their side.
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 |
Drooling Ogre sees essentially no competitive play across any format where it's legal. In Pauper, the two-mana slot is too contested by creatures with no drawback to justify running one that hands itself to the first artifact player at the table. In Legacy and Vintage, artifacts are everywhere and the Ogre would survive approximately one turn. Commander is the only format where it has a real home, and even there it's a narrow role-player confined to Blim, Comedic Genius-style gift decks that want exactly this kind of conditional liability.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.15 bulk tier
At $0.15, Drooling Ogre is deep bulk — you'll find it in a common box at any LGS without trying. That price reflects its demand accurately: the card has one home, and even Blim decks only run it in about 12% of lists, so don't expect any upward movement.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.