Ursine Champion
Creature — Human Berserker
: This creature gets +3/+3 and becomes a Bear Berserker until end of turn. Activate only once each turn.
- CMC
- 2
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- G
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Core Set 2019
- Price
- $0.13
- EDHREC rank
- #27247
Ursine Champion is a three-mana 2/2 that transforms into a 4/4 trampler at night — solid stats for the cost, but only in a deck built to guarantee the day/night cycle. Without reliable darkness control, it's a vanilla 2/2 that never flips.
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 |
Ursine Champion is a pauper-legal common, and that's where it sees the most action — night/day decks in Pauper can consistently trigger the transform, making the 4/4 trample body a legitimate threat for the format's power level. In Commander, it's a niche include: the day/night mechanic is hard to control in a multiplayer game where opponents cast spells on every turn, so Ursine Champion often stalls on its weaker face. Legacy, Modern, and Pioneer have far more efficient three-drops, so it doesn't compete there outside of a dedicated werewolf tribal shell. Oathbreaker mirrors the Commander read — playable only if the deck is specifically built around the day/night axis.
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Price Context
Current price
$0.13 bulk tier
At $0.13, Ursine Champion sits firmly in bulk territory — pick it up without a second thought if the deck calls for it. Bulk commons don't appreciate, so there's no reason to hold extras.
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.