Stubborn Burrowfiend
Creature — Badger Beast Mount
Whenever this creature becomes saddled for the first time each turn, mill two cards, then this creature gets +X/+X until end of turn, where X is the number of creature cards in your graveyard.
Saddle 2 (Tap any number of other creatures you control with total power 2 or more: This Mount becomes saddled until end of turn. Saddle only as a sorcery.)
- CMC
- 2
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- G
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Outlaws of Thunder Junction
- Price
- $0.09
- EDHREC rank
- #18819
Stubborn Burrowfiend turns every discard into a free pump and evasion threat, growing unbounded as long as you keep feeding it cards. The cost is real — you need a dedicated discard engine to make it dangerous, and without one it's a vanilla 2/2.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | legal |
| standard | legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
In Commander, Stubborn Burrowfiend belongs in discard-matters builds helmed by commanders like Anje Falkenrath, Nekusar, the Mindrazer, or any Madness-adjacent shell where discarding is a resource rather than a punishment. Outside of Commander, it has fringe potential in Modern and Pioneer discard-heavy aggro lists, where the combination of low mana cost and repeatable growth can snowball fast in the right shell. Standard gives it the most accessible support right now, with enough self-discard payoffs to make the synergy consistent. Legacy and Vintage have far more efficient threats, so Stubborn Burrowfiend won't see play there.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.09 bulk tier
At $0.09, Stubborn Burrowfiend is deep bulk — you can pick up a playset for less than a dollar without thinking twice. Bulk rares with narrow synergy requirements rarely climb unless a specific commander or format deck breaks out, so treat it as a throw-in rather than a spec.
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.