Mortis Dogs
Creature — Phyrexian Dog
Whenever this creature attacks, it gets +2/+0 until end of turn.
When this creature dies, target player loses life equal to its power.
- CMC
- 4
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- B
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- New Phyrexia
- Price
- $0.07
- EDHREC rank
- #26655
Mortis Dogs enters as a 2/2 with infect that drains the opponent who blocked or took a hit for 2 life when it dies — a tidy staple of chip damage and poison pressure on a single body. It's a fine role-player in dedicated infect builds but too slow and too small to earn a slot anywhere else.
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 | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
In Commander, Mortis Dogs is a budget slot in dedicated infect decks — the death trigger matters because opponents in a four-player game will frequently chump-block to avoid poison counters, and 2 life drain is a small but real reward. In Pauper, infect is an actual archetype and Mortis Dogs competes for the same slots as stronger commons, so it sits on the fringe. Legacy and Vintage are non-starters — the card simply does not clear the power bar those formats demand. Mortis Dogs belongs in Commander infect lists and nowhere else.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.07 bulk tier
At $0.07, Mortis Dogs is deep bulk — a throw-in at any card shop or penny bin online. There is no meaningful price floor to speak of, and it will not appreciate; pick it up as an afterthought when ordering infect staples.
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Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.