Obstinate Baloth
Iconic Masters (IMA) #179 · Rare · Creature — Beast
Mana cost: {2}{G}{G}
When this creature enters, you gain 4 life.
If a spell or ability an opponent controls causes you to discard this card, put it onto the battlefield instead of putting it into your graveyard.
Power/toughness 4/4 · Illustrated by Chris Rahn · Released November 17, 2017
Prices
- Nonfoil: $0.30 USD · €0.17 EUR
- Foil: $0.65 USD · €0.46 EUR
Nonfoil price since August 29, 2026: down $0.03 USD (9.1%) to $0.30 USD; low $0.30 USD, high $0.33 USD.
Printings
- Foundations Jumpstart #692 (J25) · Uncommon · 2024 · $0.25 USD
- The Brothers' War #187 (BRO) · Uncommon · 2022 · $0.19 USD
- Iconic Masters #179 (this printing) · Rare · 2017 · $0.30 USD
- Magic 2011 #188 (M11) · Rare · 2010 · $0.33 USD
Legality
- Standard: Not legal
- Alchemy: Not legal
- Pioneer: Legal
- Historic: Legal
- Modern: Legal
- Brawl: Legal
- Legacy: Legal
- Timeless: Legal
- Vintage: Legal
- Pauper: Not legal
- Commander: Legal
- Penny: Legal
- Oathbreaker: Legal
- Duel: Legal
Rulings
- 2017-11-17 · wotc — If you discard Obstinate Baloth and put it onto the battlefield, you've still discarded it. Abilities that trigger when you discard a card (such as that of Raiders' Wake) will still trigger.
- 2017-11-17 · wotc — If a spell or ability an opponent controls causes you to discard Obstinate Baloth, and both Obstinate Baloth's ability and another ability (such as that of an opponent's Leyline of the Void) instruct you to put Obstinate Baloth somewhere else instead of putting it into your graveyard, you choose which one to apply.
- 2022-10-14 · wotc — If a spell or ability an opponent controls causes you to discard Obstinate Baloth, and both Obstinate Baloth's ability and another ability (such as that of an opponent's Leyline of the Void) instruct you to put Obstinate Baloth somewhere else instead of putting it into your graveyard, you choose which one to apply.
- 2022-10-14 · wotc — If you discard Obstinate Baloth and put it onto the battlefield, you've still discarded it. Abilities that trigger when you discard a card will still trigger.