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Fiendish Panda

Creature — Bear Demon

Whenever you gain life, put a +1/+1 counter on this creature.
When this creature dies, return another target non-Bear creature card with mana value less than or equal to this creature's power from your graveyard to the battlefield.

CMC
4
Mana cost
{2}{W}{B}
Color identity
BW
Rarity
uncommon
Set
Foundations
Price
$0.21
EDHREC rank
#10777
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Fiendish Panda card art
Fiendish Panda turns every creature death into a mana refund, and in the right shell that snowballs fast. Commanders like Elenda, Saint of Dusk and Saffi Eriksdotter loop deaths repeatedly, making the Panda less a utility piece and more a core engine.

Best Commanders

Commanders with the highest synergy

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Elenda, Saint of Dusk

Elenda, Saint of Dusk

34.9% of decks · synergy 0.33

Elenda, Saint of Dusk grows on every creature death and then dies to generate a swarm of Vampires — Fiendish Panda converts all that dying into mana, letting you spend into the board while the engine runs itself.

Format Analysis

Where it lives, where it can’t

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

Fiendish Panda is legal across every major format but lives almost exclusively in Commander, where multiplayer board states generate the volume of deaths needed to make the mana ability matter. In 1v1 formats like Legacy or Modern, three mana for a 2/4 with a conditional triggered ability doesn't clear the bar — the effect is too slow and too dependent on a critical mass of creatures dying. Pioneer and Standard offer more creature-heavy midrange environments where it could theoretically slot in, but purpose-built sacrifice synergies there have faster, more focused payoffs. Commander is where Fiendish Panda earns its slot, specifically in aristocrats-style decks that are already engineering death triggers at scale.

Key Combos

Combo lines featuring this card

Price Context

Current price

$0.21 bulk tier

At $0.21, Fiendish Panda is deep bulk — you're picking it out of a commons box or tossing it into a cart as an afterthought. Bulk rares with niche combo applications don't tend to spike unless a dominant Commander deck breaks them into the spotlight, so expect this price to stay flat unless a high-profile list puts it on the map.

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