Moon-Eating Dog
Creature — Dog
As long as you control a Yanling planeswalker, this creature has flying. (It can't be blocked except by creatures with flying or reach.)
- CMC
- 4
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- U
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- The List
- Price
- $0.11
- EDHREC rank
- #30311
Moon-Eating Dog is a 3/3 with no evasion, no enters-the-battlefield effect, and no relevant text for its three mana — a vanilla beater that trades evenly with most two-drops. There is no Commander context where this card earns a slot.
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 |
Moon-Eating Dog is legal in Commander, Legacy, Vintage, and Oathbreaker, but legality and playability are different things. In Commander, a 3/3 vanilla for three competes against format staples with immediate impact, and it loses that competition badly. Legacy and Vintage have access to the same card and operate at a speed where a do-nothing creature is never the right call. Oathbreaker follows the same logic as Commander — slot pressure is real, and Moon-Eating Dog offers nothing to justify its inclusion.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.11 bulk tier
At $0.11, Moon-Eating Dog sits firmly in bulk territory, which accurately reflects its power level. Bulk commons and vanillas don't appreciate — there's no sleeper upside here to chase.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.