Leapfrog
Creature — Frog
This creature has flying as long as you've cast an instant or sorcery spell this turn.
- CMC
- 3
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- U
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- The List
- Price
- $0.13
- EDHREC rank
- #17707
Leapfrog is a two-mana 2/1 with flying and trample — a fine rate for aggressive blue strategies that want evasive bodies on the cheap. In Grolnok, the Omnivore specifically, the Frog creature type is the whole reason it shows up, not the stats.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Grolnok, the Omnivore
Grolnok, the Omnivore mills Frogs into the yard to generate croak counters, and Leapfrog is exactly the kind of cheap Frog body that triggers that engine while also serving as a viable attacker thanks to flying.
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 |
In Commander, Leapfrog is a Frog-tribal piece first and a standalone card a distant second — it earns its slot in Grolnok, the Omnivore decks and almost nowhere else. In Pauper, a 2/1 flying trampler for two is legitimately efficient, and blue aggressive shells could do worse at common. Legacy, Modern, and Pioneer offer far stronger competition at the same slot, so Leapfrog doesn't register competitively in those formats. It's a tribal and budget-Pauper card through and through.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.13 bulk tier
At $0.13, Leapfrog is deep bulk — pick it up in any common lot without a second thought. Bulk commons rarely climb in price, so there's no urgency and no concern about losing value; it's just a cheap include when the tribe calls for it.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.