Rumbling Baloth
Creature — Beast
- CMC
- 4
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- G
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Arena Beginner Set
- Price
- —
- EDHREC rank
- #16869
Rumbling Baloth is a 4/4 vanilla for four mana — a body that would have been unremarkable fifteen years ago and is outclassed by nearly every green four-drop in the game today. The only home where it earns its slot is Ruxa, Patient Professor, which turns the lack of abilities into a feature rather than a liability.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Ruxa, Patient Professor
Ruxa, Patient Professor specifically rewards creatures with no abilities, and Rumbling Baloth is one of the largest vanilla bodies available at four mana — it gets the full pump from Ruxa's static bonus and is exactly the kind of card that archetype is built to run.
Jasmine Boreal of the Seven
Jasmine Boreal of the Seven similarly cares about vanilla creatures, and Rumbling Baloth fills out the four-drop slot in those lists as a reliable, if unexciting, threat that qualifies for every payoff in the deck.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Rumbling Baloth is legal in every major format but has no realistic competitive application outside of Commander. In Pauper it sits at common, but green has far better options at four mana — Rumbling Baloth never shows up in Pauper lists. In Legacy, Modern, and Pioneer it's simply outclassed by creatures that do far more for the same cost. Commander is the only format where Rumbling Baloth sees actual play, and even there it's a niche inclusion — relevant only in Ruxa, Patient Professor or similar vanilla-matters builds where the absence of abilities is the whole point.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
unknown tier
Pricing data for Rumbling Baloth isn't currently available, but as a bulk common it typically sits at a few cents in any edition. It's not a card you seek out — you pick up a copy from a dollar bin or a bulk lot when you're building the specific deck that wants it.
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Sources
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.