Hound of the Farbogs
Creature — Zombie Dog
Delirium — This creature has menace as long as there are four or more card types among cards in your graveyard. (A creature with menace can't be blocked except by two or more creatures.)
- CMC
- 5
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- B
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Shadows over Innistrad
- Price
- $0.06
- EDHREC rank
- #27733
Hound of the Farbogs is a five-mana 4/3 with trample and deathtouch — a combination that makes every block a losing proposition for the opponent. The cost is the body itself: five mana for four power is below rate, and you're running this for the keyword combination, not the stats.
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 |
Hound of the Farbogs is legal in Commander, Legacy, Modern, Pioneer, Vintage, Pauper, and Oathbreaker. In Commander it finds a home in graveyard and sacrifice shells that want repeatable deathtouch bodies, or in trample-matters decks that need cheap ways to force through damage. In Pauper it's a common, but five mana is a steep ask in a format where the curve ends early and interaction is cheap — the deathtouch-trample combination is real, but slower decks have better options at this slot. In Legacy and Vintage it's a non-starter; the rate doesn't compete.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.06 bulk tier
At $0.06, Hound of the Farbogs is deep bulk — easy to pick up in any common box or as a throw-in. Bulk commons with narrow applications don't appreciate, so buy exactly as many as you need and move on.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.