Ravenous Baloth
Mana cost {2}{G}{G}. Power/toughness 4/4.
Sacrifice a Beast: You gain 4 life.
Ravenous Baloth is a green card, legal in Premodern, shown in its old-frame Onslaught printing.
Price and printings: Cardmarket (€9.95) · TCGplayer ($13.92) · Scryfall
Tracked daily since 28 July 2026: on Cardmarket between €8.50 and €11.13 in that time.
How often Ravenous Baloth is played
Ravenous Baloth is maindecked in 8 of 131 tournament decks in this archive (6%), averaging 3.0 copies; kept in 7 sideboards (5%); used by 3 of 33 tracked archetypes.
Counting only the 62 decks that can cast green cards, 14 of them play it (23%).
See how it compares on the Premodern staples list.
Premodern archetypes that play Ravenous Baloth
- The Rock: A 4/4 for four in more than 85 percent of the main decks since September. It can sacrifice any Beast, itself, Krosan Tusker and Blastoderm included, for 4 life, blocks most early ground threats and decides races against burn, unless Sulfuric Vortex stops the lifegain.
Sideboard plans with Ravenous Baloth
- Elves vs. Red decks: Sligh, Goblins and RG Zoo. Ravenous Baloth, in about one in six sideboards since April and two in five since September, is a 4/4 Beast that can sacrifice itself to gain 4 life.
- The Rock vs. Burn and racing aggro.
- RG Zoo vs. Sligh, Goblins, Zombies and Mono Black. Ravenous Baloth, in about three of four sideboards, is a 4/4 for four that blocks everything they play early and can sacrifice itself for 4 life, unless Sulfuric Vortex is on the battlefield.
Tournament decks with Ravenous Baloth
- Survival Recurring: 1st Place at Monster Mash 2026 (1× sideboard)
- Fires: 7th Place at Manila Premodern Championships (4× mainboard)
- Big Mono Green: 5th Place at Finland Nationals 2026 (4× mainboard)
- Magnivore: 1st Place at Singapore Society FNM Jul 26 (2× sideboard)
- Beefcake: 1st Place at Bolt the Bird (4× mainboard)
- Rogue: 1st Place at MTGO Premodern League (2× sideboard)
- The Rock: 3rd Place at Premodern MTGO Challenge (3× mainboard)
- Rofellos Order Survival: 3rd Place at Eternal Echoes @ Gamerz Paradise (1× sideboard)
- UBG Control Sideboard: 1st Place at Mercadian Frogs @ Troll2jeux (Paris, France) (1× mainboard)
- Turbo Rofellos: 1st Place at Premodern Galicia (2× main + sideboard)
- Fires: 1st Place at MTGO Premodern League (3× mainboard)
- Darigaaz Midrange Sideboard: 3rd Place at Liga Feijoada 2026 #8 (4× mainboard)
- BG Rack: 3rd Place at Lega Milano 3/12 (1× sideboard)
- RG Zoo: 1st Place at Retromancers' Monthly (2× sideboard)
