---
name: "Underdog Racer"
mana_cost: "{4}{G}"
cmc: 5
type_line: "Creature — Dog Pilot"
colors: ["G"]
color_identity: ["G"]
keywords: []
set: "UNK"
set_name: "Unknown Event"
collector_number: "CG05a"
rarity: "common"
artist: ""
oracle_id: "7b6ec752-86bc-44a1-ae7f-601966053e08"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/underdog-racer-unk"
legalities:
  commander: "not_legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "not_legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "not_legal"
  vintage: "not_legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Underdog Racer
- **Mana Cost:** `{4}{G}` (CMC: 5)
- **Type:** Creature — Dog Pilot
- **Power/Toughness:** 5/5

## Oracle Text
This spell costs {1} less to cast if your team is currently behind. (If neither player can see the scoreboard or easily verify, that means it's Schrödinger's race and you're in a quantum superposition of maybe losing and so this costs {1} less.)
When this creature enters, destroy target artifact an opponent controls.

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Ruff, Underdog Champ](/printing/ruff-underdog-champ-cmb2.md) — Legendary Creature — Dog Soldier
2. [Racers' Scoreboard](/printing/racers-scoreboard-dft.md) — Artifact
3. [Rambunctious Mutt](/printing/rambunctious-mutt-plst.md) — Creature — Dog
4. [Scrapyard Mongrel](/printing/scrapyard-mongrel-m15.md) — Creature — Dog
5. [Unforgiving Overtake](/printing/unforgiving-overtake-ydft.md) — Sorcery
6. [District Mascot](/printing/district-mascot-dft.md) — Creature — Dog Mount

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Unknown Event (UNK) #CG05a
- **Rarity:** Common
- **Artist:** 

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