Smog Elemental
Creature — Elemental
Flying
Creatures with flying your opponents control get -1/-1.
- CMC
- 6
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- B
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Gatecrash
- Price
- $0.07
- EDHREC rank
- #26337
Smog Elemental hits the board and immediately taxes every flying creature your opponents control — a persistent, stackable soft-lock that punishes creature-heavy skies decks without requiring any setup. Six mana for a 3/3 is a steep rate, and the effect rarely ends games on its own, so it earns a slot only when your meta is full of Dragons, Angels, or other evasive threats.
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 | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Commander is the only realistic home for Smog Elemental. In a 100-card singleton environment with three opponents, the cumulative -1/-1 counters can stack fast when multiple flying threats are on board, and the effect is continuous rather than a one-shot removal spell. Competitive non-rotating formats like Legacy and Modern have no use for a six-mana 3/3 with a conditional effect — those formats end before Smog Elemental becomes relevant. Pioneer and Vintage face the same ceiling: faster, more efficient threats make this unplayable outside of Commander.
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Price Context
Current price
$0.07 bulk tier
At $0.07, Smog Elemental is deep bulk — you're essentially paying for the cardboard. Demand is too narrow and casual for the price to move meaningfully in either direction, so there's no reason to hesitate on picking up a copy if the effect fits your deck.
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.