Thrashing Mossdog
Creature — Plant Dog
Reach (This creature can block creatures with flying.)
Scavenge (
, Exile this card from your graveyard: Put a number of +1/+1 counters equal to this card's power on target creature. Scavenge only as a sorcery.)
- CMC
- 4
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- G
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Ravnica: Clue Edition
- Price
- $0.18
- EDHREC rank
- #25107
Thrashing Mossdog is a 3/3 reach creature for four mana that replaces itself when it dies — serviceable body, relevant keyword, and built-in card advantage. The cost is the rate: four mana for a 3/3 is below curve, and you're only breaking even on cards if it eats a removal spell.
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 | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Thrashing Mossdog finds its most forgiving home in Pauper, where the commons pool is shallow enough that a 3/3 reach with a death trigger competes — it blocks Faeries, trades up, and draws a card in the process. In Commander, it's a budget filler at best: the graveyard-synergy and sacrifice decks that want it usually have access to strictly better options at the same mana cost. Legacy, Modern, Pioneer, and Vintage don't want Thrashing Mossdog at all — the rate is too slow and the effect too marginal for any competitive shell.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.18 bulk tier
At $0.18, Thrashing Mossdog is deep bulk — you'll find it in a commons box before you'll find it on a store's singles list. That price is a ceiling, not a floor; there's no competitive demand pulling it upward.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.