Pillage the Bog
Sorcery
Look at the top X cards of your library, where X is twice the number of lands you control. Put one of them into your hand and the rest on the bottom of your library in a random order.
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(You may pay and exile this card from your hand. Cast it as a sorcery on a later turn without paying its mana cost. Plot only as a sorcery.)
- CMC
- 2
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- BG
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- Outlaws of Thunder Junction
- Price
- $0.86
- EDHREC rank
- #8529
Pillage the Bog puts two bodies on the board and replaces itself — that's three resources for one card. The rate is real, and any deck that cares about tokens, sacrifice fodder, or graveyard filling should be running it.
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 |
In Commander, Pillage the Bog earns its slot in aristocrats and token shells where every creature entering or dying triggers something — it's card-neutral at worst and actively advantageous in the right build. In competitive 60-card formats like Modern and Pioneer, three mana for a sorcery-speed, non-synergistic effect is too slow to see serious play. Legacy and Vintage have no interest either; the power bar is simply too high. Standard is the one 60-card environment where Pillage the Bog can show up in graveyard-matters or token-synergy lists that need cheap, efficient fuel.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.86 bulk tier
At $0.86, Pillage the Bog sits at the top of the bulk bin — cheap enough to throw in any deck that wants it without a second thought. It won't appreciate, but it doesn't need to; you're buying the effect, not the card.
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.