Vulshok War Boar
Creature — Boar Beast
When this creature enters, sacrifice it unless you sacrifice an artifact.
- CMC
- 4
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- R
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Darksteel
- Price
- $0.18
- EDHREC rank
- #30361
Vulshok War Boar lands as a 5/4 trample for four mana — above-rate stats — but requires sacrificing all artifacts you control when it enters, which disqualifies it from every deck that actually wants a four-drop. Outside of dedicated artifact-free or artifact-sacrifice builds, the cost is a deal-breaker.
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 |
Vulshok War Boar is legal in Commander, Legacy, Modern, Vintage, and Oathbreaker, but it sees essentially no play in any of them. In Commander, a 5/4 trample for four is a fine body, but the artifact-sacrifice rider is catastrophic in a format where Sol Ring, signets, and mana rocks are universal — you're blowing up your own mana base to deploy a vanilla beater. In Legacy and Vintage, the powered and non-powered environments both have access to threats that don't punish you for existing, so Vulshok War Boar never competes. Modern's four-drop slot is one of the most contested in the game, and a conditional body with a self-destruct clause doesn't make the cut.
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Price Context
Current price
$0.18 bulk tier
At $0.18, Vulshok War Boar sits firmly in bulk territory, and the price is accurate to its playability. Don't expect movement — this is a card you find in a bulk bin, not one you seek out.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.