Akki Raider
Creature — Goblin Warrior
Whenever a land is put into a graveyard from the battlefield, this creature gets +1/+0 until end of turn.
- CMC
- 2
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- R
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Betrayers of Kamigawa
- Price
- $0.18
- EDHREC rank
- #28894
Akki Raider swings as a 2/2 base but grows by +2/+0 for each land that went to the graveyard from the battlefield that turn, turning mass land destruction or sacrifice effects into a temporary but lethal spike. The payoff is conditional enough that Akki Raider belongs only in decks already planning to sacrifice or blow up lands — it does nothing in a normal game.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | not legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Akki Raider is legal in Commander, Legacy, Modern, Vintage, and Oathbreaker, but competitive play in non-rotating formats has no interest in a 2/2 that requires land destruction to matter. In Commander, it finds its only real home in Zo-Zu the Punisher or Kellan, the Inquisitive styles of land-hate builds, or sacrifice-lands strategies helmed by commanders like Gyome or Omnath — but even there it competes with creatures that generate the land destruction themselves rather than just benefiting from it. Akki Raider is a Commander-only consideration, and a narrow one at that.
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Price Context
Current price
$0.18 bulk tier
At $0.18, Akki Raider is deep bulk — the kind of card you pick up as a throw-in, not a purchase. Don't expect the price to move; the card's narrow application keeps demand low and supply high.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.