Frenetic Ogre
Creature — Ogre
, Discard a card at random: This creature gets +3/+0 until end of turn.
- CMC
- 5
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- R
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Odyssey
- Price
- $0.11
- EDHREC rank
- #30772
Frenetic Ogre is a 4/2 trampler for five mana that forces you to discard a card at the end of each turn you attack with it — a steep ongoing tax for a body that dies to a stiff breeze. There are almost no shells where that trade is worth making.
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 | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Frenetic Ogre is legal in Commander, Legacy, Vintage, and Oathbreaker, but legal and playable are different things. In Commander, a 4/2 for five with a mandatory discard drawback competes against five-drops that win games or generate card advantage, and Frenetic Ogre does neither. Legacy and Vintage have no interest in it — those formats demand efficiency Frenetic Ogre cannot offer. Oathbreaker is the only context where a niche discard-synergy build might find marginal use, but even there better options exist at lower mana costs.
Key Combos
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Price Context
Current price
$0.11 bulk tier
At $0.11, Frenetic Ogre is deep bulk — the price reflects the demand, which is essentially zero. Don't expect that floor to move; this isn't a card waiting to be discovered.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.