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Frenzied Baloth

Creature — BeastGreen manaGreen mana

Green rarely gets an anti-counter clause, let alone one that protects the whole game plan instead of just the body carrying it. Two lines here answer the stack: this spell resolves regardless of held-up mana, and every future creature you cast is equally immune. The other two answer the combat step, where blue and white have historically bought their time against green: haste and trample push damage through fast and wide, and the combat-damage-can't-be-prevented rider closes the window after blockers, where fogs, damage-nullifying tricks, and prevention shields usually live. Each clause covers a different way an opponent slows a green curve, and they map cleanly onto the two phases where that resistance shows up. The rate is the wrinkle. A two-mana 3/2 with haste and trample is already a serviceable aggressive body, so the protective text is bolted onto a creature that would earn a slot on stats alone rather than a fragile payload that needs a shell to matter. That inversion is the interesting part: most "can't be countered" creatures are expensive threats you are straining to force through resistance, while this is a beater that also locks the door behind it, folding both the aggression and the insurance for the aggression that follows into one card. It is a rare instance of green getting to dictate whether spells resolve rather than reacting to an opponent who does.

Frenzied Baloth (eoe)
EOE · #183rare
Pricing
Normal: $1.23
Foil: $1.80
Oracle Text

Rules text

This spell can't be countered. Trample, haste Creature spells you control can't be countered. Combat damage can't be prevented.
Legalities

Format Status

Standard
Legal
Pioneer
Legal
Modern
Legal
Legacy
Legal
Vintage
Legal
Commander
Legal
Pauper
N/A
Brawl
Legal
Historic
Legal
Alchemy
Legal
Timeless
Legal
Standard Brawl
Legal
More formats
Old School
N/A
Premodern
N/A
PreDH
N/A
Pauper Commander
N/A
Oathbreaker
Legal
Gladiator
Legal
Penny Dreadful
N/A
Duel Commander
Legal
Future Standard
Legal
COMPETITIVEBRAWL
Legal
TLR
Legal
Printings elsewhere

Other printings

2 sets
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