Pillarfield Ox
Creature — Ox
- CMC
- 4
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- W
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Zendikar
- Price
- $0.12
- EDHREC rank
- #24033
Pillarfield Ox is a 2/4 for four mana with no abilities — a vanilla body that trades a turn and a card slot for a speed bump. Every competitive format has cheaper, more impactful blockers, and Commander has no room for this.
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 |
Pillarfield Ox is legal in Commander, Legacy, Modern, Pioneer, Vintage, Pauper, and Oathbreaker, but legal and playable are different things. In Commander, a 2/4 vanilla at four mana does nothing to advance a board state, generate value, or close a game — the format demands every slot earn its place, and this one doesn't. Pauper is the only format where bulk commons occasionally find niche roles, but even there, the Ox's stats don't clear the bar for any archetype with better options at the same cost. Across every other format it's legal in, it simply doesn't compete.
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Price Context
Current price
$0.12 bulk tier
At $0.12, Pillarfield Ox sits firmly in bulk territory — the kind of card that ends up in a commons box, not a deck. Bulk commons don't appreciate; this one holds no value beyond filler for a brand-new player's first pile.
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Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.