Warclamp Mastiff
Creature — Dog
First strike (This creature deals combat damage before creatures without first strike.)
- CMC
- 1
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- W
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Magic 2013
- Price
- $0.10
- EDHREC rank
- #19315
Warclamp Mastiff is a one-mana 1/1 with First Strike — functional, forgettable, and outclassed by nearly every other one-drop in white. The only reason to register it is Sophia, Dogged Detective, where the Dog type earns it a slot that raw stats never would.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Sophia, Dogged Detective
Sophia, Dogged Detective cares about Dogs, and Warclamp Mastiff is a cheap, on-tribe body that fuels her clue-generation and keeps the curve low enough to flood the board early.
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 | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Warclamp Mastiff is legal in Commander, Legacy, Modern, Vintage, Pauper, and Oathbreaker, but sees virtually no play outside tribal Dog lists. In Pauper, a one-mana First Strike creature is at least in the conversation, but white has better aggressive one-drops that don't rely on tribal payoffs to justify the slot. In Commander, the card exists almost exclusively as a headcount piece for Dog synergy decks — outside that niche, there is no reason to sleeve it.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.10 bulk tier
At $0.10, Warclamp Mastiff is deep bulk — the kind of card you pull from a common box rather than order. Bulk commons with narrow tribal applications don't appreciate; this one stays a dime.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.