Is Ogre Chitterlord good in Commander?

Ogre Chitterlord in Commander — Combos, Decks & Price

Ogre Chitterlord hits the board and immediately starts churning out Rats — one per end step, every end step — and becomes the engine piece Nim Deathmantle loops are built around. The six-mana cost is real, but the payoff justifies the slot in any deck that wants recursive token generation. Totentanz, Swarm Piper decks run it at over 55% inclusion for a reason.

Best Commanders

Commanders with the highest synergy

01

Totentanz, Swarm Piper

55.2% of decks · synergy 0.55

Totentanz, Swarm Piper turns every nontoken creature death into a Rat, and Ogre Chitterlord gives the deck a self-sufficient token drip that works even when the sacrifice outlets are offline. The synergy rate of 0.55 reflects how naturally the two pieces slot together — Chitterlord makes bodies, Totentanz converts deaths into more bodies, and the loop feeds itself.

02

Wick, the Whorled Mind

43.0% of decks · synergy 0.42

Wick, the Whorled Mind rewards flooding the board with small creatures, and Ogre Chitterlord delivers a fresh Rat every end step without requiring additional setup. At 43% inclusion across over 13,000 decks, it's the kind of steady token producer Wick lists lean on to keep the engine stocked.

Format Analysis

Where it lives, where it can’t

Format	Verdict
commander	legal
legacy	legal
modern	legal
pioneer	legal
standard	legal
vintage	legal
pauper	not legal
oathbreaker	legal

Ogre Chitterlord is legal across every major constructed format but is almost exclusively a Commander card — six mana for a value engine is not a Modern or Pioneer rate. In Commander, it earns its slot in any black deck that wants recursive sacrifice fodder or Rat tribal support, and it becomes a genuine combo centerpiece when Nim Deathmantle is in the mix. Outside of Commander, treat it as a casual-only pickup; no competitive 60-card format is interested in a six-mana creature that produces one token per turn cycle.

Key Combos

Combo lines featuring this card

85 decks

Nim Deathmantle Ashnod's AltarOgre Chitterlord

Infinite colorless mana; Infinite creature tokens; Infinite death triggers; Infinite ETB; Infinite LTB; Infinite power for certain creatures until end of turn; Infinite sacrifice triggers

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6 decks

Breath of FuryOgre ChitterlordAnger

Infinite combat damage; Infinite combat phases; Infinite creature tokens with haste; Infinite death triggers; Infinite ETB; Infinite LTB; Infinite mana creatures you control can produce; Infinite sacrifice triggers; Infinite untap of creatures you control; Infinitely powerful Rats you control until end of turn

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6 decks

Breath of FuryOgre ChitterlordRoar of Resistance

Infinite combat damage; Infinite combat phases; Infinite creature tokens with haste; Infinite death triggers; Infinite ETB; Infinite LTB; Infinite mana creatures you control can produce; Infinite sacrifice triggers; Infinite untap of creatures you control; Infinitely powerful Rats you control until end of turn

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6 decks

Breath of FuryOgre ChitterlordMass Hysteria

Infinite combat damage; Infinite combat phases; Infinite creature tokens with haste; Infinite death triggers; Infinite ETB; Infinite LTB; Infinite mana creatures you control can produce; Infinite sacrifice triggers; Infinite untap of creatures you control; Infinitely powerful Rats you control until end of turn

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4 decks

Breath of FuryOgre ChitterlordFervor

Infinite combat damage; Infinite combat phases; Infinite creature tokens with haste; Infinite death triggers; Infinite ETB; Infinite LTB; Infinite mana creatures you control can produce; Infinite sacrifice triggers; Infinite untap of creatures you control; Infinitely powerful Rats you control until end of turn

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Price Context

Current price

$0.53 bulk tier

At $0.53, Ogre Chitterlord is bulk — easy to acquire and easy to trade for at a moment's notice. Given its combo relevance and strong Commander inclusion numbers, that price is unlikely to stay put if the card gets wider recognition, but right now it's one of the cheapest engine pieces you can slot into a Rat or sacrifice deck.