Price$0.22 – $58.02
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Prevent all combat damage that would be dealt this turn.
Why is this card good?
Fog is a single mana "no" button that blanks an entire combat phase — and in Commander, where one alpha strike can deal hundreds of points of damage across the table, that's a remarkably efficient blowout for one green pip.
The problem is it's purely reactive and one-shot. It saves you for a turn but does nothing to advance your own board or close a game. In most decks it's a dead card half the time.
Who wants it:
- Turbo Fog / Pillowfort decks that chain fog effects (Constant Mists, Tangle, Spore Frog) to lock combat out repeatedly while winning via mill, draw, or alternate wincons.
- Defensive control shells that just need to survive a key turn.
Skip it in proactive midrange or aggressive green decks — you'd rather hold up a real interaction or removal spell. A one-time Fog with no replay value is too low-impact unless you're building around the effect as a strategy.
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