Forest Bear
Creature — Bear
- CMC
- 2
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- G
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Portal Three Kingdoms
- Price
- $23.45
- EDHREC rank
- #14250
Forest Bear is a 2/2 for two mana with no keywords, no enters-the-battlefield effect, and no text beyond its creature types — a french vanilla bear that does nothing except exist. Outside of Ayula, Queen Among Bears, where every bear is a trigger waiting to happen, Forest Bear has no business in a Commander deck.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Ayula, Queen Among Bears
Ayula, Queen Among Bears turns every bear you cast into a pump or fight trigger, which means Forest Bear's only job is to be a bear — and it clears that bar. At 37% inclusion across Ayula decks, it's a slot-filler that keeps your bear count high enough to chain triggers consistently.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | not legal |
| pioneer | not legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Forest Bear is legal in Legacy, Vintage, Pauper, Commander, and Oathbreaker, but legality and playability are different conversations. In Pauper, a 2/2 for two with no abilities doesn't make the cut when Tarmogoyf-adjacent commons exist at the same slot. In Legacy and Vintage, it's theoretically castable and practically invisible. Commander is the only format where Forest Bear earns a spot, and only in Ayula, Queen Among Bears — where creature type is the whole game and this card is strictly a headcount.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Budget Alternatives
Cheaper options that do most of the same work
Forest Bear's entire value is the Bear subtype, so any cheaper bear with actual text outperforms it — Runeclaw Bear is the same 2/2 body at the same price point and does the same nothing, while Grizzly Bears predates it with identical stats. If you're filling out an Ayula bear count on a budget, you're better off finding bears that also have keywords or ETB effects; the floor of the tribe is already free.
Price Context
Current price
$23.45 premium tier
Forest Bear sits at $23.45, which is a premium price tag for a card with zero competitive applications and a single narrow Commander home. That price is driven entirely by collector demand or scarcity, not gameplay utility — don't buy it as a functional piece.
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Sources
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.