Vulpine Goliath
Creature — Fox
Trample
- CMC
- 6
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- G
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Theros
- Price
- $0.05
- EDHREC rank
- #23046
Vulpine Goliath puts a 6/5 trample body on the board for six mana — the stat line is fine, the cost is not. Six mana for a vanilla creature with no enters-the-battlefield effect and no utility text is unplayable in any competitive context.
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 |
Vulpine Goliath is legal in Commander, Legacy, Modern, Pioneer, Vintage, Pauper, and Oathbreaker, but legal and playable are different things. In Pauper, where the bar for green creatures is Wilderness Reclamation and Saproling Migration territory, a six-mana 6/5 trample with no text finds no home. In Commander, every format slot competes against Craterhoof Behemoth, Titan-cycle creatures, and three-mana ramp pieces — Vulpine Goliath offers none of that leverage. It is bulk rare in name only; the actual play rate across all formats is effectively zero.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.05 bulk tier
At $0.05, Vulpine Goliath sits at the floor of bulk pricing — the cost to acquire it is essentially just shipping. It holds no value trajectory; bulk commons and rares at this price point stay there.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.