Orcish Squatters
Creature — Orc
Whenever this creature attacks and isn't blocked, you may gain control of target land defending player controls for as long as you control this creature. If you do, this creature assigns no combat damage this turn.
- CMC
- 5
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- R
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- Ice Age
- Price
- $0.45
- EDHREC rank
- #26638
Orcish Squatters lets you steal a land from any opponent who swings at you and doesn't get through — a repeatable land-denial effect stapled to a 2/2 body for five mana. The cost is steep enough that it belongs only in decks that specifically want to punish attackers or disrupt land counts, not as a generic inclusion.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | not legal |
| pioneer | not legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
In Commander, Orcish Squatters occupies a narrow niche: land-denial and group-slug strategies that actively want to strip opponents of resources, where the five-mana investment pays off over a long game. In Legacy and Vintage, the effect is too slow and too conditional — five mana for a 2/2 that only steals a land when a creature doesn't deal combat damage to you is nowhere near competitive when both formats end before the effect matters. Orcish Squatters is a Commander card through and through, and even there it needs the right shell.
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Price Context
Current price
$0.45 bulk tier
At $0.45, Orcish Squatters sits firmly in bulk territory, which tracks — demand is narrow and supply is plentiful. There's no price pressure to worry about; pick it up whenever you're ready to build around it.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.