Surly Badgersaur

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Surly Badgersaur: Creature - Badger Dinosaur, Commander 2020. Whenever you discard a creature card, put a +1/+1 counter on this creature. On Mana Grove.

Mana cost
{3}{R}
Mana value
4
Type
Creature - Badger Dinosaur
Colour identity
Red (R)
Power / toughness
3/3
Rarity
Rare
Set
Commander 2020 (C20)
Released
2020-04-17
Collector number
57
Artist
Izzy
Commander rank
3,205 (by how often it appears in Commander decks)
Keywords
Fight, Treasure

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About Surly Badgersaur

Surly Badgersaur is a Magic: The Gathering card, a rare red creature from Commander 2020 (C20), a Commander product released in April 2020. It is collector number 57 in that set, with art by Izzy. It costs {3}{R} (three generic and one red mana) to cast, for a mana value of 4. It is a 3/3 creature. Its colour identity is red. It is legal in Legacy, Vintage, Commander, Duel Commander and Oathbreaker. Commander 2020 is its only printing so far. The latest aggregated market price for this printing is $15.36 (normal finish, as of 2026-11-12).

Card text

Whenever you discard a creature card, put a +1/+1 counter on this creature.

Whenever you discard a land card, create a Treasure token. (It's an artifact with "{T}, Sacrifice this token: Add one mana of any color.")

Whenever you discard a noncreature, nonland card, this creature fights up to one target creature you don't control.

Market price

Latest aggregated market price for the normal finish of this printing: $15.36 (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 Surly Badgersaur by format. Formats in which it is not legal are not listed.

LegacyLegal
VintageLegal
CommanderLegal
Duel CommanderLegal
OathbreakerLegal

Official rulings

Three official rulings apply to Surly Badgersaur, newest first.

  • If the target creature is an illegal target when Surly Badgersaur's last ability tries to resolve, the ability doesn't resolve. If it's a legal target but Surly Badgersaur is no longer on the battlefield when the ability resolves, the target creature won't deal or be dealt damage.
  • If you discard a card as a cost to cast a spell or activate an ability, Surly Badgersaur's triggered ability resolves before that spell or ability but after you've chosen targets for it. If you discard a card while a spell or ability is resolving, that spell or ability finishes resolving before Surly Badgersaur's triggered ability does.
  • Surly Badgersaur's abilities are triggered abilities, not activated abilities. They don't allow you to discard a card whenever you want; rather, you need some other way of discarding a card, such as a cycling ability.

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