Mugging
Sorcery
Mugging deals 2 damage to target creature. That creature can't block this turn.
- CMC
- 1
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- R
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Ravnica Remastered
- Price
- $0.07
- EDHREC rank
- #20147
Mugging deals 2 damage to a creature and makes it lose first strike and indestructible until end of turn — a narrow effect that rarely justifies a slot outside of very specific aggressive shells. Red has better one-mana removal options; Mugging earns its place only when the indestructible clause is the point.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
In Commander, Mugging is too narrow — 2 damage doesn't reliably kill anything at a table where 5/5s are the floor, and the indestructible-stripping clause comes up only against a handful of problem creatures. Pauper is where Mugging has the strongest case, since the common-card pool sees more first-strike and indestructible creatures at relevant toughnesses, and one-mana spells that affect combat are at a premium. In Modern and Pioneer it's outclassed by Unholy Heat, Play with Fire, and similar cards that either deal more damage or scale better. Legacy and Vintage have no interest in it. If you're running Mugging anywhere, Pauper aggressive red is the one shell where the math can work out.
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Price Context
Current price
$0.07 bulk tier
At $0.07, Mugging is pure bulk — you're paying for cardboard and shipping, not the card. Bulk rares spike; bulk commons like Mugging don't, so there's no financial angle here beyond grabbing a playset for essentially nothing if the deck calls for it.
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.