Striped Bears
Creature — Bear
When this creature enters, draw a card.
- CMC
- 4
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- G
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Weatherlight
- Price
- $0.26
- EDHREC rank
- #11980
Striped Bears is a 2/2 for four mana that draws a card on entry — playable, but just barely. Outside of Ayula, Queen Among Bears, where the Bear type is the whole point, this is a slot that almost any other four-drop beats on rate.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Ayula, Queen Among Bears
Ayula, Queen Among Bears wants every Bear it can get, and Striped Bears delivers a body plus a card — two things Ayula cares about in one slot, at an inclusion rate above 68% across Ayula builds.
Duskana, the Rage Mother
Duskana, the Rage Mother triggers on 2/2 creatures attacking, which means Striped Bears enters as an immediately eligible attacker and replaces itself, making it a clean fit in Duskana's go-wide beatdown engine.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | not legal |
| pioneer | not legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Striped Bears is legal in Commander, Legacy, Vintage, Pauper, and Oathbreaker. In Commander it earns its spot almost exclusively in Bear tribal builds helmed by Ayula, Queen Among Bears — outside that tribe, a 2/2 with draw-one for four is well below rate. Pauper is the one format where Striped Bears could theoretically see daylight, but a four-mana 2/2 with no evasion or immediate board impact can't compete with the format's efficient threats and removal.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.26 bulk tier
At $0.26, Striped Bears is deep bulk — you're paying for the cardboard, not the card. It won't appreciate; the ceiling is set by its narrow playability in Bear tribal, and there's no competitive demand to push it higher.
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Sources
Mentioned
- Ayula, Queen Among Bears
- Duskana, the Rage Mother
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.