Thrashing Mossdog

Creature — Plant Dog

Reach (This creature can block creatures with flying.)
Scavenge {4}{G}{G} ({4}{G}{G}, 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
{3}{G}
Color identity
G
Rarity
common
Set
Ravnica: Clue Edition
Price
$0.18
EDHREC rank
#25107
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Thrashing Mossdog card art
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

FormatVerdict
commander
legacy
modern
pioneer
standard
vintage
pauper
oathbreaker

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.

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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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