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Ravenous Baloth

Creature — Beast

Sacrifice a Beast: You gain 4 life.

CMC
4
Mana cost
{2}{G}{G}
Color identity
G
Rarity
rare
Set
Duel Decks: Garruk vs. Liliana
Price
$0.63
EDHREC rank
#16500
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Ravenous Baloth card art
Ravenous Baloth puts a 4/4 body on board for four mana and threatens a life-gain return on sacrifice — the cost is that its food-for-life ability is a may, so you're always in control of when you cash it in. Tarrian's Soulcleaver and Slinza, the Spiked Stampede both reward you for stacking counters and triggering on-death effects, which makes Baloth's built-in sacrifice outlet a feature, not a footnote.

Best Commanders

Commanders with the highest synergy

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Slinza, the Spiked Stampede

Slinza, the Spiked Stampede

33.5% of decks · synergy 0.33

Slinza, the Spiked Stampede cares about +1/+1 counters and creatures leaving the battlefield, so Ravenous Baloth slots in as both a beefy attacker and a repeatable sacrifice trigger that nets life and fuels Slinza's engine — one-third of all Slinza decks already run it, and that inclusion rate reflects a genuine synergy, not just bulk-filling a slot.

Format Analysis

Where it lives, where it can’t

FormatVerdict
commander legal
legacy legal
modern not legal
pioneer not legal
standard not legal
vintage legal
pauper not legal
oathbreaker legal

Ravenous Baloth is legal in Commander, Legacy, Vintage, and Oathbreaker, but the only place it sees real play is Commander. Legacy and Vintage have access to threats that do far more for four mana, and the life-gain clause doesn't translate into the kind of card advantage those formats demand. In Commander, Ravenous Baloth earns its slot in green sacrifice decks and Beast-tribal builds where a 4/4 that incidentally gains life and feeds an altar is exactly the density you want. Oathbreaker is technically an option, but the 60-card, lower-life-total environment makes the Baloth's ceiling feel modest compared to faster or more impactful four-drops.

Key Combos

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Price Context

Current price

$0.63 bulk tier

At $0.63, Ravenous Baloth sits firmly in bulk territory — easy to pick up without a second thought for any green sacrifice or Beast-tribal list. Bulk rares at this price point don't tend to climb unless a new commander dramatically spikes demand, so treat it as a low-cost, no-regret include rather than a pickup with upside.

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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.