Marrow Chomper
Creature — Zombie Lizard
Devour 2 (As this creature enters, you may sacrifice any number of creatures. It enters with twice that many +1/+1 counters on it.)
When this creature enters, you gain 2 life for each creature it devoured.
- CMC
- 5
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- BG
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Alara Reborn
- Price
- $0.16
- EDHREC rank
- #24639
Marrow Chomper enters with devour 2, eating your other creatures to grow into a potentially massive body, and drains each opponent for 2 life per creature consumed. The life drain is the payoff that makes it more than just a self-mill risk — but it only works if you have creatures to sacrifice on the spot, which makes it a build-around, not a staple.
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 |
Commander is the natural home for Marrow Chomper — token generators, aristocrats commanders, and sacrifice synergies give it a real feeding ground, and multiplayer means the life drain hits all opponents simultaneously, turning a three-creature devour into six life lost around the table. Outside Commander, it's technically legal in Legacy, Modern, and Vintage, but a five-mana 2/2 that depends entirely on ETB fodder has no competitive footing in any of those formats. Marrow Chomper is a Commander card first, last, and only.
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Price Context
Current price
$0.16 bulk tier
At $0.16, Marrow Chomper is deep bulk — easy to pick up as a throw-in or from a bulk bin. Don't expect that to change; the card fills a narrow niche and has no scarcity driving its price upward.
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Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.