Ursapine
Creature — Beast
: Target creature gets +1/+1 until end of turn.
- CMC
- 5
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- G
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- Ravnica: City of Guilds
- Price
- $0.23
- EDHREC rank
- #26185
Ursapine lets you pump any creature's power and toughness by +1/+1 until end of turn for one green mana, with no limit on activations — so a single green mana engine turns it into an instant-speed finisher. The floor is a vanilla 5/5 for five mana, which is too slow for competitive tables, but in the right shell the activated ability wins games.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | not legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Ursapine is a Commander card through and through — the activated ability rewards green mana doublers and cost reducers that are endemic to the format, and a 40-life total gives you the runway to set up the mana you need. In Legacy and Vintage it's unplayable; those formats end before Ursapine ever threatens anything, and the body is embarrassing next to what those formats demand on turn five. Modern is technically legal but the same logic applies — a five-mana 5/5 that needs additional mana investment to close a game doesn't clear the bar. Stick to Commander.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.23 bulk tier
At $0.23, Ursapine is deep bulk — no barrier to picking up a copy if the synergy fits. Demand is low enough that the price isn't going anywhere; treat it as a free slot, not a spec.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.