Golden Bear
Creature — Bear
- CMC
- 4
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- G
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Portal Second Age
- Price
- $1.95
- EDHREC rank
- #15418
Golden Bear is a 4/4 for four mana with no abilities — vanilla, full stop. Outside of Ayula, Queen Among Bears tribal synergy, there is no reason to run it over creatures that do something at the same cost.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Ayula, Queen Among Bears
Ayula, Queen Among Bears counts every bear that enters, so Golden Bear's only job is to be a bear — and at four mana for a 4/4 body, it clears the minimum bar to trigger Ayula, Queen Among Bears and put counters on your team or fight down a threat.
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 |
Golden Bear is legal in Commander, Legacy, Vintage, Pauper, and Oathbreaker, but legality and playability are different things. In Pauper, a vanilla 4/4 for four is simply outclassed by commons that provide card advantage or enter with an effect. In Commander, the only shell where Golden Bear earns its slot is Ayula, Queen Among Bears — tribe-count matters there more than raw power, and even then it's a bottom-tier inclusion you cut as soon as you find a bear that does more. Vintage and Legacy have no interest in a do-nothing four-drop.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$1.95 cheap tier
At $1.95, Golden Bear sits in the cheap tier but is overpriced for what it does — a vanilla creature with no competitive demand. Don't expect that number to move in either direction.
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Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.