Pothole Mole
Creature — Mole
When this creature enters, mill three cards, then you may return a land card from your graveyard to your hand. (To mill three cards, put the top three cards of your library into your graveyard.)
- CMC
- 3
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- G
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Aetherdrift
- Price
- $0.10
- EDHREC rank
- #18839
Pothole Mole enters and turns a land into a colorless-only producer for as long as it stays on the battlefield — a targeted mana disruption effect stapled to a 3/3 body for four mana. In any deck running Escape Protocol, you can flicker it repeatedly to lock down multiple lands across the table.
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 |
In Commander, Pothole Mole occupies a niche stax role — it's not a staple, but in dedicated flicker or blink shells it can tax one opponent's colored mana consistently enough to matter. Outside of Commander, Pothole Mole is legal everywhere from Standard to Legacy but sees no meaningful competitive play; the effect is too slow and narrow for formats where games end on turns three through five. Pauper is where the card has the most theoretical upside, since flicker pieces are cheap and the mana-denial angle is harder to ignore at common.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Escape ProtocolBone MiserPothole Mole
Infinite self-mill; Infinite card draw; Near-infinite ETB; Near-infinite LTB
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Escape ProtocolFluctuatorSurly BadgersaurPothole Mole
Infinite card draw; Near-infinite ETB; Near-infinite LTB; Infinite self-mill
View on Commander Spellbook ↗Price Context
Current price
$0.10 bulk tier
At $0.10, Pothole Mole is deep bulk — pick it up in a trade binder or a bulk rare bin without a second thought. Bulk commons with niche utility rarely climb, so don't expect the price to move unless a high-profile Commander list puts the flicker-stax line on the map.
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Sources
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.