Wrecking Ogre
Creature — Ogre Warrior
Double strike
Bloodrush — 
, Discard this card: Target attacking creature gets +3/+3 and gains double strike until end of turn.
- CMC
- 5
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- R
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- Gatecrash
- Price
- $0.19
- EDHREC rank
- #21669
Wrecking Ogre hits the board as a 3/3 with double strike, then its Bloodrush ability lets you pump any attacking creature by +3/+3 with double strike for five mana — turning a single swinger into a lethal threat without ever casting the Ogre itself. Six mana for the creature is too expensive to justify hardcasting, so treat it exclusively as a combat trick stapled to a discard outlet.
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 | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Wrecking Ogre sees essentially no play in Legacy, Modern, or Pioneer — five mana for a Bloodrush ability is too slow in formats where combat tricks need to win on the spot for one or two mana. In Commander, it finds a narrow home in Voltron and combat-damage-matters decks, where the Bloodrush functions as a surprise double-strike enabler on your already-suited-up commander during an attack your opponents didn't see coming. Oathbreaker is the same story as Commander: viable only in dedicated attack-based builds.
Key Combos
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Price Context
Current price
$0.19 bulk tier
At $0.19, Wrecking Ogre is pure bulk — pick it up without a second thought if your deck wants it. Demand is too narrow to push the price anywhere meaningful, so it will stay in bulk bins indefinitely.
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Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.