Nath's Buffoon
Creature — Goblin Rogue
Protection from Elves
- CMC
- 2
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- B
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Lorwyn
- Price
- $0.08
- EDHREC rank
- #29440
Nath's Buffoon is a 1/1 for one green mana that gives a target player protection from Elves until end of turn — an effect so narrow it barely qualifies as a sideboard card in most contexts. Outside of extremely specific Elf-tribal mirrors, this card has no practical impact on a game of Commander.
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 |
Nath's Buffoon is legal in Commander, Legacy, Modern, Vintage, Pauper, and Oathbreaker, but legality and playability are different questions. In Pauper, where commons occasionally find niche roles, this still fails to clear the bar — protection from a creature type is only relevant when that type is dominant in your local meta, and even then you have better options. In Legacy and Vintage the card is simply invisible; no competitive shell wants a 1/1 that grants situational protection. Commander is the one format where Elf tribal is common enough that you might imagine a use, but even there Nath's Buffoon is the wrong answer — you either want to be the Elf deck or you want permanent answers, not a one-turn protection effect that expires the moment your opponent untaps.
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Price Context
Current price
$0.08 bulk tier
At $0.08, Nath's Buffoon is deep bulk — the kind of card that ends up in a collection binder and never leaves. There is no demand driver that would push this price upward, so treat it as a throw-in rather than a pickup.
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.