Leatherback Baloth
Creature — Beast
- CMC
- 3
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- G
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- DCI Promos
- Price
- —
- EDHREC rank
- #11236
Leatherback Baloth puts 4/5 worth of stats on the board for three mana — one of the best rate creatures green has ever printed at that slot. The catch is three green pips, which locks it out of most multicolor decks; in a dedicated mono-green shell like Ruxa, Patient Professor, that cost is irrelevant.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Ruxa, Patient Professor
Ruxa, Patient Professor cares about creatures with no abilities, and Leatherback Baloth — a vanilla 4/5 — is exactly what the deck wants: a massive body that Ruxa can buff and connect with for card draw without any text box to complicate things.
Jasmine Boreal of the Seven
Jasmine Boreal of the Seven is built around vanilla and near-vanilla creatures, making Leatherback Baloth a natural inclusion — three mana for a 4/5 with no abilities is one of the best raw-stats entries the archetype can run.
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 | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
In Commander, Leatherback Baloth is a role-player in mono-green decks that want big bodies early — the pip requirement is a feature, not a bug, when your commander rewards vanilla creatures. In Legacy and Vintage it's legal but sees no play; three-mana 4/5s don't compete in formats where Turn 1 threats define the game. Modern is where the card had its brief competitive moment in mono-green stompy, though the format has long since outpaced it with more efficient threats. It's a card that thrives in the specific context of mono-green Commander synergy decks and nowhere else.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
unknown tier
Pricing data isn't available at the moment, but Leatherback Baloth is a bulk rare with multiple printings — expect to find copies in the $0.25–$0.50 range at most local game stores or online. At that price it's an easy pick-up for any mono-green Commander build that can use it.
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Sources
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.