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Morgue Toad

Creature — Frog

Sacrifice this creature: Add {U}{R}.

CMC
3
Mana cost
{2}{B}
Color identity
BRU
Rarity
common
Set
Planeshift
Price
$0.09
EDHREC rank
#28272
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Morgue Toad card art
Morgue Toad gives you three black mana when it dies — a meaningful burst in sacrifice-heavy shells where that death trigger can be stacked and exploited. The cost is a 1/2 body for three mana with no other upside, which means it only earns a slot when you're actively looping it or pairing it with something like Abandoned Sarcophagus to recycle it from the graveyard.

Format Analysis

Where it lives, where it can’t

FormatVerdict
commander legal
legacy legal
modern not legal
pioneer not legal
standard not legal
vintage legal
pauper legal
oathbreaker legal

Morgue Toad is a niche card in Commander, where its death trigger fits sacrifice loops under commanders that repeatedly kill and recur cheap creatures for mana. In Pauper it's legal but sees no meaningful play — three mana for a 1/2 that produces black mana on death doesn't clear the bar in a format with tighter competition at common. Legacy and Vintage legality is academic; no competitive deck there wants this effect on a 3-drop creature. Morgue Toad is strictly a Commander card, and even there it needs a specific shell to justify the roster spot.

Key Combos

Combo lines featuring this card

Price Context

Current price

$0.09 bulk tier

At $0.09, Morgue Toad is deep bulk — a throwaway pickup if a combo line calls for it. Don't expect that price to move in either direction; Morgue Toad has a narrow audience and no scarcity driving demand.

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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.