Ornery Dilophosaur
Creature — Dinosaur
Deathtouch (Any amount of damage this deals to a creature is enough to destroy it.)
Whenever this creature attacks, if you control a creature with power 4 or greater, this creature gets +2/+2 until end of turn.
- CMC
- 4
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- G
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Core Set 2021
- Price
- $0.22
- EDHREC rank
- #17695
Ornery Dilophosaur enters as a 5/4 with reach and trample when you have a land drop surplus — real stats for three mana in the right shell. The condition isn't free, but any deck actively putting extra lands into play meets it without trying.
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 |
Ornery Dilophosaur is bulk in most formats — a three-mana 5/4 with reach and trample is a strong rate, but only when the condition is live, and outside of green land-drop decks that condition is never guaranteed. In Commander it earns a real slot in landfall and land-ramp builds where hitting two land drops in a turn is a turn-two or turn-three expectation, not a late-game luxury. Pauper is the other format worth noting: the stats are format-warping at common, and green creature decks there can threaten the condition consistently enough to make it a consideration. Legacy, Modern, and Vintage have no interest — the ceiling isn't high enough and the condition is too unreliable at those speeds.
Key Combos
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Price Context
Current price
$0.22 bulk tier
At $0.22, Ornery Dilophosaur is pure bulk — pick it up in a bundle or grab a copy from a dollar bin without hesitation. There's no pressure on the price; it's a casual Commander staple at best, and supply will always outpace demand at that ceiling.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.