Hasran Ogress
Creature — Ogre
Whenever this creature attacks, it deals 3 damage to you unless you pay 
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- CMC
- 2
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- B
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Arabian Nights
- Price
- $4.08
- EDHREC rank
- #25433
Hasran Ogress puts a 2/2 body on the board for two mana, but the controller must pay 3 life each time they don't use it to deal damage on attack — a tax that bleeds you out if you're not deploying it aggressively every turn. It's a glass-cannon beatdown piece, not a value engine, and it's only worth running if your deck is built to push damage through fast.
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 |
Hasran Ogress is a relic of early aggressive design — a 2/2 for BB with a built-in punishment for passivity that made more sense when life totals were the only resource that mattered. In Commander it's nearly unplayable: 40 life means opponents can absorb the pressure indefinitely, and the 3-life tax punishes you the moment a board stall develops, which happens constantly in a four-player game. In Pauper and Legacy it's at least legal in formats where early pressure matters, but it's been long outclassed by two-drop creatures with no drawbacks or upside text. Vintage has access to it but has zero reason to run it.
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Price Context
Current price
$4.08 cheap tier
At $4.08, Hasran Ogress sits in a price tier that reflects collector and curiosity demand rather than gameplay value — it's an old card with a small supply, not a staple anyone is actively sleeving up. The price is unlikely to compress further given its age, but buying in at four dollars for a card that won't see competitive play is a poor exchange.
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.