Grotag Bug-Catcher
Creature — Goblin Warrior
Trample
Whenever this creature attacks, it gets +1/+0 until end of turn for each creature in your party. (Your party consists of up to one each of Cleric, Rogue, Warrior, and Wizard.)
- CMC
- 2
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- R
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Zendikar Rising
- Price
- $0.07
- EDHREC rank
- #23767
Grotag Bug-Catcher is a one-mana 1/1 that deals 1 damage to each opponent whenever it attacks — genuinely negligible output at any table past turn three. The cost is low but so is the ceiling, and in Commander there are better one-drops doing more work for the same slot.
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 |
Grotag Bug-Catcher is legal in Commander, Legacy, Modern, Pioneer, Vintage, Pauper, and Oathbreaker, but competitive formats have no interest in a 1/1 with a negligible trigger. In Pauper it sits below the rate that aggressive red commons demand — one mana buys you much better bodies. Commander is its only real home, and even there Grotag Bug-Catcher only earns a slot in dedicated Goblin tribal or damage-trigger builds where the creature type and the attack trigger both contribute to an engine.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.07 bulk tier
At $0.07, Grotag Bug-Catcher is deep bulk — buy it without thinking if your Goblin tribal list wants the headcount. Demand is narrow enough that this price is a floor, not a deal; don't expect it to move.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.