Zodiac Dog
Creature — Dog
Mountainwalk (This creature can't be blocked as long as defending player controls a Mountain.)
- CMC
- 3
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- R
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Portal Three Kingdoms
- Price
- $10.81
- EDHREC rank
- #25057
Zodiac Dog is a vanilla 2/2 for three mana with mountainwalk — no enters-the-battlefield effect, no keywords beyond situational evasion, no upside. It sees essentially zero competitive play because a 2/2 for three is unacceptably below-rate in any format where better options exist.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | not legal |
| pioneer | not legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Zodiac Dog is legal in Commander, Legacy, Vintage, Pauper, and Oathbreaker, but legality and playability are different things. In Commander, a 2/2 for three with mountainwalk doesn't clear the baseline for 99-card construction — even dedicated red-tribal or landwalk decks have far stronger options at the same cost. In Pauper, where common-only restrictions make every slot competitive, Zodiac Dog still can't justify three mana for a body this small with no enters-the-battlefield effect. Legacy and Vintage are non-starters; the card would never survive the cut against the card quality available.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Budget Alternatives
Cheaper options that do most of the same work
Any deck running Zodiac Dog for mountainwalk evasion can replace it with a creature that actually pressures the board — nearly every two- or three-mana red creature in the same price range does more work. If landwalk matters, there's no real budget alternative because the effect is so narrow; the honest answer is to cut Zodiac Dog and run a creature with a relevant ability instead.
Price Context
Current price
$10.81 mid tier
At $10.81, Zodiac Dog sits in mid-tier pricing purely on collector scarcity — it's a Portal Three Kingdoms card, and the set had extremely limited print runs. The price reflects supply, not playability, and you're paying for a collectible, not a competitive Magic card.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.