Ravenous Baboons

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Ravenous Baboons: Creature - Monkey, Exodus. When this creature enters, destroy target nonbasic land. Printings, prices, and format legality on Mana Grove.

Mana cost
{3}{R}
Mana value
4
Type
Creature - Monkey
Colour identity
Red (R)
Power / toughness
2/2
Rarity
Rare
Set
Exodus (EXO)
Released
1998-06-15
Collector number
97
Artist
Daren Bader
Commander rank
16,518 (by how often it appears in Commander decks)

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About Ravenous Baboons

Ravenous Baboons is a Magic: The Gathering card, a rare red creature from Exodus (EXO), an expansion set released in June 1998. It is collector number 97 in that set, with art by Daren Bader. It costs {3}{R} (three generic and one red mana) to cast, for a mana value of 4. It is a 2/2 creature. Its colour identity is red. It is legal in Legacy, Vintage, Premodern, Commander, Duel Commander, Oathbreaker, PreDH and Penny Dreadful. Exodus is its only printing so far. The latest aggregated market price for this printing is $2.56 (normal finish, as of 2026-11-12).

Card text

When this creature enters, destroy target nonbasic land.

Build something and the baboons will tear it down. Leave the pieces lying and they will scatter them.

Market price

Latest aggregated market price for the normal finish of this printing: $2.56 (as of 2026-11-12).

The figure covers this printing only; other printings carry their own price on their own page.

Format legality

Legality of Ravenous Baboons by format. Formats in which it is not legal are not listed.

LegacyLegal
VintageLegal
PremodernLegal
CommanderLegal
Duel CommanderLegal
OathbreakerLegal
PreDHLegal
Penny DreadfulLegal

Official rulings

Two official rulings apply to Ravenous Baboons, newest first.

  • If there is no non-basic land to destroy, the ability does nothing.
  • You have to pick one of your own non-basic lands if the opponent does not have any and you do.

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