---
name: "Bog Initiate"
mana_cost: "{1}{B}"
cmc: 2
type_line: "Creature — Human Wizard"
colors: ["B"]
color_identity: ["B"]
keywords: []
set: "INV"
set_name: "Invasion"
collector_number: "95"
rarity: "common"
artist: "rk post"
oracle_id: "23f93411-f83c-4ed2-abed-99cf905f7d7f"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/bog-initiate-inv"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "not_legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "legal"
  penny: "legal"
---

# Bog Initiate
- **Mana Cost:** `{1}{B}` (CMC: 2)
- **Type:** Creature — Human Wizard
- **Power/Toughness:** 1/1

## Oracle Text
{1}: Add {B}.

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Bog Witch](/printing/bog-witch-mmq.md) — Creature — Human Spellshaper
2. [Magus of the Coffers](/printing/magus-of-the-coffers-c14.md) — Creature — Human Wizard
3. [Overeager Apprentice](/printing/overeager-apprentice-dvd.md) — Creature — Human Minion
4. [Bogbrew Witch](/printing/bogbrew-witch-plst.md) — Creature — Human Wizard
5. [Initiates of the Ebon Hand](/printing/initiates-of-the-ebon-hand-fem.md) — Creature — Cleric
6. [Llanowar Dead](/printing/llanowar-dead-apc.md) — Creature — Zombie Elf

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Invasion (INV) #95
- **Rarity:** Common
- **Artist:** rk post
- **Total Printings:** 9 across all historical editions

## Format Legalities
Commander: `legal` | Standard: `not_legal` | Modern: `not_legal` | Pioneer: `not_legal` | Legacy: `legal` | Vintage: `legal` | Pauper: `legal` | Penny: `legal`