CardsplainOrdinary Bear
Grade C Grade from the win rate
Win rate when drawn 54.8% −1.4 vs average 14,617 games
Win rates and picks
- 55.2% 31,729 games
- Average pick ()
- 10.2
By deck
- Ferocious Wolves 55.6% 11,376 games
- Elf Landfall 51.7% 1,714 games
Win rates from , 323,114 games. This card is compared with the set average (56.2%).
Reviews
Oh boy, is that a vanilla creature? Believe it or not, vanilla creatures used to be a big part of Limited, yet WotC decided to phase them out entirely. Ordinary Bear is probably not good enough in 2026, but a 4/5 is at least a good size for a . It also enables and bear typal synergies, so it might be worth playing in the right deck.
How to draft it
Roles in each deck
Ferocious Wolves Sets up the plan
Reviewers dismissed this 4/5 for 4 with no abilities, and in most decks it is filler. Here it is a 4-power creature that survives most combats and a Bear for Beorn the Fierce.
How to play it
Learn the Ferocious Wolves deckWith no better 4-power creature out on turn 4, it is the one your Rabbit and Pursuer depend on, so don't throw it into a bad block.
Beasts and Burn Sets up the plan
Five toughness walls most early attackers while it keeps on, and as a Bear it becomes a 6/7 next to Beorn the Fierce.
How to play it
Learn the Beasts and Burn deckLeave it home to block. It comes around pick 10, so there is no reason to take it early.
Patchwork Midrange Filler
Ordinary Bear has no abilities, and the 4/5 still blocks most early creatures without dying and counts as a Bear for Beorn the Fierce.
How to play it
Learn the Patchwork Midrange deckPut it down on turn 4 as your wall and start attacking once has dealt with their biggest creature.