Goring Warplow
Artifact Creature — Construct
Prototype 
— 1/1 (You may cast this spell with different mana cost, color, and size. It keeps its abilities and types.)
Deathtouch
- CMC
- 6
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- B
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- The Brothers' War
- Price
- $0.06
- EDHREC rank
- #19976
Goring Warplow enters as a 3/3 with trample and then permanently grants all your creatures trample when it dies — a two-for-one that costs five mana and zero setup. The death trigger is the real payoff; the body just dares your opponents to block it.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
In Commander, Goring Warplow fits cleanly into any go-wide or aristocrats shell that wants to convert a board of small creatures into a lethal attack — dying on purpose is easy when you run sacrifice outlets. In Pauper it's a common, so it's eligible, but five mana for a 3/3 is a steep rate in a format where threats are expected to outperform their cost. Legacy, Modern, and Pioneer are non-starters in practice; competitive lists have no interest in a five-mana creature whose value is deferred to its death. Commander is where Goring Warplow actually belongs.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.06 bulk tier
At $0.06, Goring Warplow is deep bulk — you'll find it in a commons box long before you find it on a vendor's site. Bulk rares and commons with narrow appeal don't climb without a spike in competitive demand, and nothing about this card's profile suggests that's coming.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.