Sabertooth Mauler
Creature — Cat
At the beginning of your end step, if a creature died this turn, put a +1/+1 counter on this creature and untap it.
- CMC
- 4
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- G
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Core Set 2021
- Price
- $0.14
- EDHREC rank
- #21901
Sabertooth Mauler is a three-mana 3/2 with trample that grows a +1/+1 counter whenever you cast a spell with mana value 3 or greater — it snowballs fast in decks that curve into big spells. Serviceable body, real upside, zero setup cost.
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 |
In Commander, Sabertooth Mauler is a legitimate role-player in any green deck that leans on expensive spells — it asks nothing of your deck-building and rewards you passively for doing what you were already doing. Pauper is where it gets genuinely interesting: common-legal +1/+1 counter synergies are scarce, and a trample threat that grows on its own is hard to ignore at common rarity. In Modern and Pioneer the bar for a three-mana 3/2 is extremely high, and Sabertooth Mauler won't clear it outside of dedicated +1/+1 counter shells where better payoffs already exist. Legacy and Vintage don't give it a second look.
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Price Context
Current price
$0.14 bulk tier
At $0.14, Sabertooth Mauler is deep bulk — buy a playset without thinking about it. Bulk commons and uncommons at this price tier don't appreciate, but the low floor means there's no financial risk to picking up copies for any deck that wants them.
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.