---
name: "Stubborn Burrowfiend"
mana_cost: "{1}{G}"
cmc: 2
type_line: "Creature — Badger Beast Mount"
colors: ["G"]
color_identity: ["G"]
keywords: ["Saddle", "Mill"]
set: "OTJ"
set_name: "Outlaws of Thunder Junction"
collector_number: "184"
rarity: "uncommon"
artist: "Ângelo Bortolini"
oracle_id: "24bc7bd5-f262-45a2-8e94-377fef2ba5d5"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/stubborn-burrowfiend-otj"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Stubborn Burrowfiend
- **Mana Cost:** `{1}{G}` (CMC: 2)
- **Type:** Creature — Badger Beast Mount
- **Power/Toughness:** 2/2
- **Keywords:** Saddle, Mill

## Oracle Text
Whenever this creature becomes saddled for the first time each turn, mill two cards, then this creature gets +X/+X until end of turn, where X is the number of creature cards in your graveyard.
Saddle 2 (Tap any number of other creatures you control with total power 2 or more: This Mount becomes saddled until end of turn. Saddle only as a sorcery.)

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Giant Beaver](/printing/giant-beaver-otj.md) — Creature — Beaver Mount
2. [Rambling Possum](/printing/rambling-possum-otj.md) — Creature — Possum Mount
3. [Ornery Tumblewagg](/printing/ornery-tumblewagg-otj.md) — Creature — Brushwagg Mount
4. [Drover Grizzly](/printing/drover-grizzly-otj.md) — Creature — Bear Mount
5. [Caustic Bronco](/printing/caustic-bronco-potj.md) — Creature — Snake Horse Mount
6. [Bounding Felidar](/printing/bounding-felidar-otj.md) — Creature — Cat Beast Mount

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Outlaws of Thunder Junction (OTJ) #184
- **Rarity:** Uncommon
- **Artist:** Ângelo Bortolini
- **Total Printings:** 8 across all historical editions

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