Slippery Bogle
Creature — Beast
Hexproof (This creature can't be the target of spells or abilities your opponents control.)
- CMC
- 1
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- GU
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Ultimate Masters
- Price
- $1.19
- EDHREC rank
- #11141
Slippery Bogle is a one-mana hexproof body that exists to carry Auras — opponents can't target it, so every enchantment you stack on it is effectively permanent. Otrimi, the Ever-Playful and similar Aura-focused commanders run it because a creature that can't be removed with spot removal is worth more than almost any keyword you could print on a two-drop.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Otrimi, the Ever-Playful
Otrimi, the Ever-Playful recurs Mutate Auras and needs a cheap, indestructible-from-interaction creature to land on — Slippery Bogle fills that role in nearly half of all Otrimi lists because hexproof turns Otrimi's engine from fragile to relentless.
Illuna, Apex of Wishes
Illuna, Apex of Wishes triggers off Mutate, and Slippery Bogle gives it the safest possible landing pad — a hexproof one-drop that opponents can't answer before the stack resolves.
Ivy, Gleeful Spellthief
Ivy, Gleeful Spellthief copies spells that target creatures, and Slippery Bogle is the ideal target magnet: cheap, hexproof, and guaranteed to survive long enough for Ivy to copy whatever Aura or buff you point at it.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | not legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Pauper is where Slippery Bogle has done its most consequential work — the Bogles deck (Bogle Auras) is a legitimate Pauper archetype built almost entirely around stacking Auras on hexproof one-drops, and Slippery Bogle is one of its two pillars alongside Gladecover Scout. In Modern, the same archetype exists and has seen competitive play, though the format's speed and the prevalence of board wipes and sacrifice effects that dodge hexproof limit its ceiling. In Commander, Slippery Bogle is a role-player rather than a threat — it earns a slot in Aura-focused decks that need cheap, sticky bodies, but 40-life games and multi-opponent pressure mean a single hexproof 1/1 needs considerable setup before it closes anything out.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$1.19 cheap tier
At $1.19, Slippery Bogle sits in the cheap tier and is easy to justify in any Aura-centric list. It sees enough Pauper and Modern demand to keep it from bottoming out, so the price is stable rather than likely to drop further.
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Sources
Mentioned
- Otrimi, the Ever-Playful
- Illuna, Apex of Wishes
- Ivy, Gleeful Spellthief
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.