Barbarian Riftcutter
Creature — Human Barbarian
, Sacrifice this creature: Destroy target land.
- CMC
- 5
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- R
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Ravnica: City of Guilds
- Price
- $0.05
- EDHREC rank
- #26941
Barbarian Riftcutter destroys a land — and an artifact — for five mana, no targeting restrictions attached. That's a real effect buried in a real cost, and whether it's worth the slot depends entirely on how much your meta leans on utility lands.
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 | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
In Commander, Barbarian Riftcutter occupies the niche of land destruction that also doubles as artifact removal, which is a narrow ask for a five-mana creature — most tables run enough interaction that this trades down in value. Pauper is where Barbarian Riftcutter has the most legitimate claim, since the format's power ceiling is lower and both modes on the card matter more when resources are tighter. In Legacy and Vintage it's outclassed by faster, more efficient options and won't see play. Oathbreaker follows the same logic as Commander: fine if land and artifact hate is a priority, cut otherwise.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.05 bulk tier
At $0.05, Barbarian Riftcutter is deep bulk — you're paying for cardboard and postage, not the card. That price isn't going anywhere; bulk rare-level utility creatures with narrow applications don't appreciably move unless a format combo emerges, and nothing on the horizon suggests that here.
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Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.