Hulking Bugbear
Creature — Goblin
Haste
- CMC
- 3
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- R
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Adventures in the Forgotten Realms
- Price
- $0.11
- EDHREC rank
- #20457
Hulking Bugbear is a 3/3 haste, menace for three mana — that's a clean rate that demands two blockers the turn it lands. It's a red aggro staple with no setup required and no ceiling to chase.
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 | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
In Commander, Hulking Bugbear is a role-player in red aggro and Goblin strategies — menace plus haste means it connects the moment it enters, which matters when you need to close out a damaged opponent before the table stabilizes. Modern and Pioneer have enough redundancy at three mana that Hulking Bugbear rarely makes the cut in competitive shells, but it's a reasonable budget option in red aggro if you're running out of premium slots. Legacy and Vintage don't want it at all — the format speed makes a vanilla-adjacent 3/3 irrelevant. For lower-power Commander tables and casual constructed, this is a clean, no-nonsense threat that never embarrasses itself.
Key Combos
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Price Context
Current price
$0.11 bulk tier
At $0.11, Hulking Bugbear is deep bulk — the kind of card you pull from a common box without thinking twice. The price reflects its floor in competitive formats; it won't rise, but at this rate it's one of the cheapest ways to put a haste-menace body into any red Commander deck.
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.