Is Poison Dart Frog good in Commander?

Poison Dart Frog

Creature — Frog

Reach
: Add one mana of any color.
: This creature gains deathtouch until end of turn.

CMC: 2
Mana cost
Color identity: G
Rarity: common
Set: Modern Horizons 3 Commander
Price: $0.60
EDHREC rank: #2030

Poison Dart Frog puts a deathtouch blocker on the board for one mana and threatens to deal 1 damage on command — small stats, but the activated ability turns it into a repeatable removal tool in the right shell. Valley Floodcaller and Grolnok, the Omnivore both unlock it well above its price tag, the former bouncing and replaying it for value, the latter milling frogs onto the battlefield for free.

Best Commanders

Commanders with the highest synergy

Grolnok, the Omnivore

79.3% of decks · synergy 0.73

Grolnok, the Omnivore mills Poison Dart Frog off the top and lets you cast it for free with a croak counter, turning a one-drop into a no-cost deathtouch threat that feeds the frog tribal engine.

Tadeas, Juniper Ascendant rewards unblocked creatures with mana, and Poison Dart Frog's deathtouch makes opponents reluctant to block — giving Tadeas decks both the threat and the mana engine they want.

Clement, the Worrywort

69.5% of decks · synergy 0.63

Clement, the Worrywort cares about creature types for token and +1/+1 counter synergies, and Poison Dart Frog slots in as a cheap frog that pulls double duty as a deathtouch blocker while feeding the tribal count.

Raggadragga, Goreguts Boss

36.6% of decks · synergy 0.35

Raggadragga, Goreguts Boss pumps creatures with mana abilities, and Poison Dart Frog's tap-to-deal-1 qualifies — so it enters as a beefed-up deathtouch creature with upside in a Gruul stompy shell.

Fynn, the Fangbearer

37.2% of decks · synergy 0.33

Fynn, the Fangbearer turns every deathtouch hit into two poison counters, and Poison Dart Frog is one of the cheapest deathtouch creatures in green, making it an auto-include for any Fynn list racing to ten poison.

Format Analysis

Where it lives, where it can’t

Format	Verdict
commander	legal
legacy	legal
modern	legal
pioneer	legal
standard	legal
vintage	legal
pauper	legal
oathbreaker	legal

Poison Dart Frog is legal across every major format but only shows up with real purpose in Commander, where deathtouch utility and tribal synergies compound over a longer game. In Pauper it's a playable one-drop but faces stiff competition from more aggressive commons with immediate board impact. Modern and Pioneer have no practical home for it — the activated ability is too slow and the stats too small to compete at those speeds. Commander is where it lives, specifically in frog tribal, deathtouch-matters, and poison-counter strategies that want cheap, flexible bodies in the one-slot.

Key Combos

Combo lines featuring this card

15 decks