Vantress Transmuter // Croaking Curse
Creature — Human Wizard // Sorcery — Adventure
- CMC
- 4
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- U
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Wilds of Eldraine
- Price
- $0.07
- EDHREC rank
- #16076
Vantress Transmuter // Croaking Curse is a two-mana adventure creature that lets you turn any creature into a 1/1 Frog with no abilities — a clean, instant-speed answer to a threat that also leaves a body behind. The cost is real: three mana for the Curse half and a 2/2 body that doesn't dominate combat, but in any deck that wants to blink, copy, or cascade off cheap adventure cards, Gorion, Wise Mentor loops make that price irrelevant.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Gorion, Wise Mentor
Gorion, Wise Mentor triggers off casting Vantress Transmuter // Croaking Curse as an adventure, which cascades into another spell and chains value — the two-mana entry point is exactly what Gorion wants to hit consistently.
Beluna Grandsquall
Beluna Grandsquall cares about creatures with adventure, and Vantress Transmuter // Croaking Curse checks that box while also giving the deck interactive removal that doesn't cost a nonpermanent slot.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | legal |
| standard | legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
In Commander, Vantress Transmuter // Croaking Curse earns a slot in adventure-matters or blink shells — the Curse half is repeatable if you can bounce the creature, and neutering a commander's abilities at instant speed is genuinely disruptive. In competitive 1v1 formats like Modern and Pioneer, it's too slow and too low-impact to see serious play; a 2/2 that trades up once doesn't answer the threats those formats demand. Standard is the one non-Commander context where Vantress Transmuter // Croaking Curse could appear in a limited role, but it remains a fringe option there too — the creature half doesn't threaten enough on its own.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.07 bulk tier
At $0.07, Vantress Transmuter // Croaking Curse is deep bulk — pick up a playset for pocket change and don't think twice about it. Bulk adventure creatures don't appreciate unless a specific synergy deck breaks out, so treat this as a free inclusion, not a spec.
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Sources
Mentioned
- Gorion, Wise Mentor
- Beluna Grandsquall
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.