Amped Raptor
Creature — Dinosaur
First strike
When this creature enters, you get 
(two energy counters). Then if you cast it from your hand, exile cards from the top of your library until you exile a nonland card. You may cast that card by paying an amount of equal to its mana value rather than paying its mana cost.
- CMC
- 2
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- R
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Modern Horizons 3
- Price
- —
- EDHREC rank
- #6996
Amped Raptor hits the board and immediately digs for the next piece of your energy engine, making it a two-for-one the turn it enters. Satya, Aetherflux Genius decks run it at nearly 65% inclusion for exactly that reason — the card does real work the moment it resolves.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | banned |
| pioneer | not legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Amped Raptor is banned in Modern, where the energy shell it enables proved too consistent at assembling game-winning sequences too early. Commander gives it a pass because the one-on-one speed pressure that breaks the card in competitive sixty-card formats simply doesn't translate to a four-player table with 40 life — the threat density required to abuse it in a single game doesn't exist the same way. Legacy and Vintage are legal but the card sees little play there; Commander is its natural home.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Satya, Aetherflux Genius
Satya, Aetherflux Genius creates token copies of Amped Raptor on every attack, each copy triggering the exile-and-play ability again and letting the deck chain through its energy payoffs at an accelerating pace.
Saheeli, Radiant Creator
Saheeli, Radiant Creator copies Amped Raptor as an artifact creature, doubling the energy generation and the card-filtering trigger to keep the artifact-centric engine churning.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
unknown tier
Current price data for Amped Raptor isn't available in this snapshot, so check Scryfall or TCGPlayer for the live number before buying. Given its Modern ban driving demand awareness and its near-universal inclusion in Satya, Aetherflux Genius lists, it's worth picking up sooner rather than later if you're building that shell.
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Sources
Mentioned
- Satya, Aetherflux Genius
- Saheeli, Radiant Creator
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.