Mad Dog
Creature — Dog
At the beginning of your end step, if this creature didn't attack or come under your control this turn, sacrifice it.
- CMC
- 2
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- R
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Odyssey
- Price
- $0.15
- EDHREC rank
- #27855
Mad Dog is a 2/1 for one red mana that comes with a real cost: if it's untapped at your upkeep and you don't own a sacrifice outlet or another dog, it bounces to your hand. Outside of dedicated dog or sacrifice synergies, that drawback outweighs the aggressive stats entirely.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | not legal |
| pioneer | not legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
In Commander, Mad Dog is a fringe inclusion — playable only in dog-tribal builds or sacrifice-value engines where the bounce clause becomes irrelevant or useful. Legacy and Vintage have access to it but have no competitive reason to run it over one-drops with no strings attached. Pauper is the format where Mad Dog is most credible, squeezed into aggressive red lists that can reliably trigger or ignore the upkeep clause through cheap sacrifice outlets or a packed dog suite.
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Price Context
Current price
$0.15 bulk tier
At $0.15, Mad Dog is deep bulk — you're paying for cardboard, not power. That price is stable by definition: there's no demand spike coming for a conditional 2/1 with no tournament history.
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Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.