Savage Gorger
Creature — Vampire
Flying
At the beginning of your end step, if an opponent lost life this turn, put a +1/+1 counter on this creature. (Damage causes loss of life.)
- CMC
- 3
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- B
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- The List
- Price
- $0.17
- EDHREC rank
- #22384
Savage Gorger enters as a 1/1 and grows by +1/+1 each time any player loses life, which in a multiplayer game means it can balloon into a legitimate threat by turn four without any additional investment. The cost is real though — it does nothing the turn it arrives and dies to any stiff breeze before it accumulates counters.
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 |
Commander is where Savage Gorger actually has a case: three opponents taking damage every turn cycle — from fetchlands, Shocks, Phyrexian mana, and combat — means the counter accumulation is fast and largely free. In Pauper it's legal and the common slot is competitive enough that a vanilla-adjacent creature with no immediate impact rarely earns a spot. Legacy, Modern, and Pioneer have redundant, more efficient threats that simply outclass it. Savage Gorger is a Commander card wearing a multi-format legal badge.
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Price Context
Current price
$0.17 bulk tier
At $0.17, Savage Gorger is deep bulk — easy to pick up as a throw-in or from a bulk bin. Price stability is a non-issue at this tier; it'll stay near this floor unless a high-profile deck pushes demand, which isn't on the horizon.
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Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.