Two-Headed Cerberus
Creature — Dog
Double strike (This creature deals both first-strike and regular combat damage.)
- CMC
- 3
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- R
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Theros
- Price
- $0.08
- EDHREC rank
- #21280
Two-Headed Cerberus is a 2/2 double striker for three mana — playable stats, but nothing that demands a slot. Efficient enough to run in dedicated aggro or pump synergy builds, irrelevant everywhere else.
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 |
Two-Headed Cerberus is legal in Commander, Legacy, Modern, Pioneer, Vintage, Pauper, and Oathbreaker. In Pauper it has the most room to breathe, where a double striking body at common rarity can pair with cheap pump spells to threaten meaningful damage. In Commander, three mana for a 2/2 with no enters-the-battlefield effect and no built-in protection is a tough sell against 40 life totals and board wipes. Modern and Pioneer have redundancy at this slot that Two-Headed Cerberus simply can't compete with.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.08 bulk tier
At $0.08, Two-Headed Cerberus is deep bulk — the kind of card that fills a binder page but rarely a trade target. Don't expect the price to move; casual demand for a vanilla-adjacent double striker isn't enough to change that.
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Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.