Plague Dogs
Creature — Phyrexian Zombie Dog
When this creature dies, all creatures get -1/-1 until end of turn.
, Sacrifice this creature: Draw a card.
- CMC
- 5
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- B
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Urza's Destiny
- Price
- $0.22
- EDHREC rank
- #28698
Plague Dogs trades a six-mana 3/3 body for a Plague Wind effect on everything with toughness 1 or less — a built-in sweeper that punishes token boards and go-wide strategies the moment it dies. The cost is steep and the effect is narrow enough that you're running this only in decks that can engineer its death on demand.
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 |
Plague Dogs is legal in Commander, Legacy, Vintage, and Oathbreaker, but Commander is the only format where it sees any meaningful play. In Legacy and Vintage, six mana for a conditional sweeper is unplayable — those formats have real answers that cost a fraction of that. In Commander, Plague Dogs slots into sacrifice-matters decks that can kill it at will, turning every sac outlet activation into a board wipe for small creatures; the ceiling is real if you're built around it, and the floor is a six-mana do-nothing.
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Price Context
Current price
$0.22 bulk tier
At $0.22, Plague Dogs is deep bulk — you're paying for the effect, not the card. The price is unlikely to climb unless a high-profile sacrifice commander pushes it into widespread demand, so pick up copies now if you need them and don't expect to flip them for profit.
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Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.