Pygmy Allosaurus
Creature — Dinosaur
Swampwalk (This creature can't be blocked as long as defending player controls a Swamp.)
- CMC
- 3
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- G
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- Ice Age
- Price
- $1.40
- EDHREC rank
- #28162
Pygmy Allosaurus is a 2/2 swampwalk creature for three mana with no enters-the-battlefield effect, no evasion beyond swampwalk, and no upside text — it does almost nothing in most games. Unless your opponent is running Swamps, this is a vanilla 2/2 for three, which is unplayable in any competitive context.
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 |
Pygmy Allosaurus is legal in Commander, Legacy, Vintage, and Oathbreaker, but legality and playability are different things. In Commander, swampwalk is relevant only against black players, and even then a 2/2 body for three mana doesn't threaten anyone at a four-player table. Legacy and Vintage have access to the most powerful cards ever printed, and Pygmy Allosaurus doesn't come close to the power floor those formats demand. Oathbreaker is the most charitable context — lower-powered tables exist — but even there, a three-mana 2/2 with conditional evasion competes poorly against modern card design.
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Price Context
Current price
$1.40 cheap tier
At $1.40, Pygmy Allosaurus sits in the cheap tier, though that price is driven almost entirely by age and scarcity rather than demand. Don't expect the value to climb — there's no competitive home pushing interest, and casual nostalgia can only carry a card so far.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.