---
name: "Ogre Battlecaster"
mana_cost: "{2}{R}"
cmc: 3
type_line: "Creature — Ogre Shaman"
colors: ["R"]
color_identity: ["R"]
keywords: ["First strike"]
set: "J22"
set_name: "Jumpstart 2022"
collector_number: "36"
rarity: "rare"
artist: "Javier Charro"
oracle_id: "00ba0c24-a671-493e-ba46-13e45d1818f1"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/ogre-battlecaster-j22"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "not_legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Ogre Battlecaster
- **Mana Cost:** `{2}{R}` (CMC: 3)
- **Type:** Creature — Ogre Shaman
- **Power/Toughness:** 3/3
- **Keywords:** First strike

## Oracle Text
First strike
Whenever this creature attacks, you may cast target instant or sorcery card from your graveyard by paying {R}{R} in addition to its other costs. If that spell would be put into a graveyard, exile it instead. When you cast that spell, this creature gets +X/+0 until end of turn, where X is that spell's mana value.

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Ash Zealot](/printing/ash-zealot-pio.md) — Creature — Human Warrior
2. [Practiced Scrollsmith](/printing/practiced-scrollsmith-sos.md) — Creature — Dwarf Cleric
3. [Scholar of Combustion](/printing/scholar-of-combustion-j25.md) — Creature — Human Wizard
4. [Unsparing Boltcaster](/printing/unsparing-boltcaster-tdm.md) — Creature — Ogre Wizard
5. [Dire Fleet Daredevil](/printing/dire-fleet-daredevil-rix.md) — Creature — Human Pirate
6. [Lorehold Pledgemage](/printing/lorehold-pledgemage-stx.md) — Creature — Kor Shaman

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Jumpstart 2022 (J22) #36
- **Rarity:** Rare
- **Artist:** Javier Charro
- **Total Printings:** 7 across all historical editions

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