Saddleback Lagac
Creature — Lizard
When this creature enters, support 2. (Put a +1/+1 counter on each of up to two other target creatures.)
- CMC
- 4
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- G
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Duel Decks: Nissa vs. Ob Nixilis
- Price
- $0.35
- EDHREC rank
- #25868
Saddleback Lagac enters the battlefield and immediately puts +1/+1 counters on two other creatures, making it a three-body investment for four mana. That rate is passable in counter-synergy shells and nearly unplayable everywhere else.
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 |
Saddleback Lagac sees essentially zero play in competitive formats — Legacy, Modern, and Vintage have no interest in a 3/1 for four that distributes two counters at sorcery speed. Pauper is its most plausible home, but even there the rate is too slow without a dedicated +1/+1 counter payoff to justify it. In Commander, it slots narrowly into Abzan or Simic counter-synergy decks helmed by commanders like Hamza, Guardian of Arashin or Vorinclex, Monstrous Raider, where the two free counters trigger proliferate or cost-reduction engines. Outside those specific shells, four mana for a 3/1 with a modest ETB is well below the format's power floor.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.35 bulk tier
At $0.35, Saddleback Lagac is firmly bulk — you're paying for cardboard, not power. That price is stable by default rather than by demand, so don't expect movement in either direction.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.