Mogg Jailer
Creature — Goblin
This creature can't attack if defending player controls an untapped creature with power 2 or less.
- CMC
- 2
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- R
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Planeshift
- Price
- $0.13
- EDHREC rank
- #30527
Mogg Jailer shuts down creatures with power 2 or less from attacking or blocking — a surprisingly wide net that catches most mana dorks, utility creatures, and small combo pieces. The cost is that it shuts down your own creatures in the same range, so it belongs in decks running big stuff, not weenie swarms.
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 | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
In Commander, Mogg Jailer is a niche prison piece — it blanks creature-based mana acceleration like Birds of Paradise and Elvish Mystic, and locks out small value bodies that generate card advantage in the early game. It fits red stax shells looking for cheap, redundant hate, but the symmetry punishes you in any deck leaning on small creatures. In Legacy and Vintage, the same logic applies at a faster clock — taxing early mana dorks and utility creatures has real impact, but dedicated hate pieces are more targeted in those formats and Mogg Jailer rarely makes the cut. Outside those formats it's not legal, and in Commander it's a role player at best rather than a staple.
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Price Context
Current price
$0.13 bulk tier
At $0.13, Mogg Jailer is deep bulk — you're paying for cardboard, not demand. It holds that floor because it's narrow enough that few decks actively seek it out, so don't expect the price to move.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.