Spitting Slug
Creature — Slug
Whenever this creature blocks or becomes blocked, you may pay 
. If you do, this creature gains first strike until end of turn. Otherwise, each creature blocking or blocked by this creature gains first strike until end of turn.
- CMC
- 3
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- G
- Rarity
- special
- Set
- Time Spiral Timeshifted
- Price
- $0.28
- EDHREC rank
- #30706
Spitting Slug is a defensive creature that trades reach and first-strike-like blocking pressure for an upfront mana tax — pay 1G on your opponent's attack step or it doesn't block. The effect is conditional enough that it rarely earns a slot over cheaper, unconditional blockers.
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 | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Spitting Slug is legal in Commander, Legacy, Modern, Vintage, and Oathbreaker, but it sees essentially no competitive play in any of them. In Commander, a 3-mana 2/4 that requires an activation to block is too slow and too conditional to justify a slot when the format is already flooded with efficient defensive options. Legacy and Vintage have the raw card power to make Spitting Slug irrelevant on sight, and Modern's threat density means a blocker this fragile and conditional rarely stabilizes a board.
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Price Context
Current price
$0.28 bulk tier
At $0.28, Spitting Slug is firmly bulk — you're paying for cardboard, not card power. Demand is low enough that this price is unlikely to move without an unlikely spike in casual interest.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.