Waterspout Warden
Creature — Frog Soldier
Whenever this creature attacks, if another creature entered the battlefield under your control this turn, this creature gains flying until end of turn.
- CMC
- 3
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- U
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Bloomburrow
- Price
- $0.02
- EDHREC rank
- #12758
Waterspout Warden bounces a nonland permanent when it enters — solid tempo, repeatable if you have flicker or bounce effects — and Clement, the Worrywort gets full value out of that enters-the-battlefield trigger every time the Warden cycles through. The cost is a four-mana 2/3 with no evasion, so outside of ETB-heavy shells it's just a slow bounce spell stapled to a mediocre body.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Clement, the Worrywort
Clement, the Worrywort rewards every ETB trigger, and Waterspout Warden's bounce effect fires each time it enters — stack flicker effects and you're removing threats repeatedly while drawing off Clement's engine.
Grolnok, the Omnivore
Grolnok, the Omnivore mills Waterspout Warden into the graveyard and can cast it from there, turning the frog tribal self-mill loop into repeated bounce triggers without spending a card from hand.
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 |
Waterspout Warden is a Commander card — full stop. The ETB bounce effect is too slow and too cheap-in-power for any 60-card format where a two-mana sorcery like Unsummon already feels underpowered. In Pauper the body-to-mana ratio doesn't compete with dedicated tempo pieces, and in Modern or Pioneer no one is spending four mana on a 2/3 that bounces one permanent at sorcery speed. In Commander, Waterspout Warden earns its slot specifically in ETB-abuse decks where the trigger is the whole point, not a bonus.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.02 bulk tier
At $0.02, Waterspout Warden is pure bulk — grab a playset for a dime. It won't hold any monetary value, but it was never priced for that; pick it up if the synergy fits and don't think twice.
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Sources
Mentioned
- Clement, the Worrywort
- Grolnok, the Omnivore
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.