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Treasonous Ogre

Creature — Ogre Shaman

Dethrone (Whenever this creature attacks the player with the most life or tied for most life, put a +1/+1 counter on it.)
Pay 3 life: Add {R}.

CMC
4
Mana cost
{3}{R}
Color identity
R
Rarity
uncommon
Set
Treasure Chest
Price
—
EDHREC rank
#2346
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Treasonous Ogre card art
Treasonous Ogre converts life into red mana at three life per mana, which is either a busted ritual effect or a suicide note depending on what you spend it on. In decks built around Rowan, Scion of War — where paying life is the entire point — it's the best mana accelerant in the 99.

Best Commanders

Commanders with the highest synergy

01
Rowan, Scion of War

Rowan, Scion of War

63.3% of decks · synergy 0.60

Rowan, Scion of War slashes spell costs based on life paid this turn, so Treasonous Ogre doesn't just ramp you — every life it drains also deepens Rowan's discount, making the two cards a compounding engine rather than a simple trade.

02

Etali, Primal Conqueror

55.5% of decks · synergy 0.52

Etali, Primal Conqueror costs nine mana, and Treasonous Ogre can generate that much in a single tap sequence if your life total is healthy — turning a midgame lull into an immediate Etali attack without needing a combat step to connect first.

03

Ral, Monsoon Mage

40.1% of decks · synergy 0.38

Ral, Monsoon Mage wants to chain instants and sorceries fast, and Treasonous Ogre lets you convert a fat life total into the mana needed to storm off in one turn rather than waiting to untap.

04
Krark, the ThumblessSakashima of a Thousand Faces

Krark, the Thumbless // Sakashima of a Thousand Faces

29.5% of decks · synergy 0.27

Krark, the Thumbless // Sakashima of a Thousand Faces decks need to cast a high volume of spells in a single turn to abuse the copy triggers, and Treasonous Ogre fills the gaps when lands alone don't produce enough mana to keep the chain going.

05
Firesong and Sunspeaker

Firesong and Sunspeaker

20.3% of decks · synergy 0.19

Firesong and Sunspeaker gains life from red spells and deals damage from white ones, so Treasonous Ogre can continuously cash in that life gain for more mana to cast more spells — turning the lifegain loop into an accelerating resource engine.

Format Analysis

Where it lives, where it can’t

FormatVerdict
commander legal
legacy legal
modern not legal
pioneer not legal
standard not legal
vintage legal
pauper not legal
oathbreaker legal

Commander is where Treasonous Ogre actually lives — starting life totals of 40 mean you can drain 15 or more without threatening your survival, and the decks that want it are built to spend that resource immediately on a game-ending play. Legacy and Vintage allow it, but three life per mana is too slow and too painful relative to Black Lotus, Dark Ritual, or Lion's Eye Diamond; it's never seen meaningful play in either. Oathbreaker is a workable home for the same reason as Commander — higher starting life gives you room to operate — though the faster pace of the format narrows the window to use the mana profitably.

Key Combos

Combo lines featuring this card

Price Context

Current price

unknown tier

Price data for Treasonous Ogre isn't currently available in our database, so check Scryfall or your preferred retailer for the current market rate. Given its narrow but real combo demand in Rowan, Scion of War and Etali, Primal Conqueror builds, it's worth picking up if you're building one of those decks rather than waiting.

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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.