Incurable Ogre
Creature — Ogre Mutant
- CMC
- 4
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- R
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Shards of Alara
- Price
- $0.06
- EDHREC rank
- #29764
Incurable Ogre puts a 4/1 body on the board for three mana — above-rate power, below-rate toughness, and no text beyond that. It's a vanilla beater that dies to every block and most pings, and competitive formats have long since moved past paying three for a creature with no upside.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | not legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Incurable Ogre is legal in Commander, Legacy, Modern, Vintage, Pauper, and Oathbreaker, but legality and playability are different things. In Commander, a vanilla 4/1 for three doesn't survive the first combat step in a four-player game — you need text to justify the slot. In Pauper, where efficient commons matter most, a 4/1 for three is outclassed by creatures that trade up or replace themselves. Legacy and Vintage play at a speed where Incurable Ogre is simply invisible. There is no format where this is the right card for the job.
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Price Context
Current price
$0.06 bulk tier
At $0.06, Incurable Ogre sits firmly in bulk territory — the kind of card that fills a box, not a deck. That price reflects its play value accurately and isn't going anywhere.
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Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.