Basalt Ravager
Creature — Giant Wizard
When this creature enters, it deals X damage to any target, where X is the greatest number of creatures you control that have a creature type in common.
- CMC
- 4
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- R
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Kaldheim
- Price
- $0.10
- EDHREC rank
- #10266
Basalt Ravager enters and deals damage equal to the number of permanents an opponent controls — in a format where tables run 30-plus lands before counting anything else, that number is almost always relevant. It's a four-mana Wizard that pulls real work in spell-slinging lists, and Aegar, the Freezing Flame turns every point of excess damage it deals into a card draw trigger.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Aegar, the Freezing Flame
Aegar, the Freezing Flame is the natural home for Basalt Ravager — the Ravager's damage burst almost always exceeds the toughness of whatever it's targeting, and every excess point draws a card off Aegar's trigger.
Inalla, Archmage Ritualist
Inalla, Archmage Ritualist can copy Basalt Ravager on entry, meaning you get two separate damage triggers — one for each Wizard token — and double the permanent-count math against two different opponents.
Kuja, Genome Sorcerer
Kuja, Genome Sorcerer pairs with Basalt Ravager as a repeatable creature-type synergy piece, using the Ravager's enter-the-battlefield trigger as fodder for clone and copy effects that compound the burst damage.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Basalt Ravager is a Commander card through and through — the damage scales off permanents, and no format inflates permanent counts like a four-player EDH table. In Modern and Pioneer it's simply outclassed; four mana for conditional damage with no evasion or immediate board impact doesn't compete at those tables. Legacy and Vintage have the same problem plus far faster clocks. Commander is where the math works: opponents accumulate lands, artifacts, and tokens at a pace that regularly pushes Basalt Ravager's trigger into six-to-ten damage territory, and any commander that cares about Wizards or enter-the-battlefield effects amplifies that further.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.10 bulk tier
At $0.10, Basalt Ravager is deep bulk — the kind of card you pull from a box rather than order. That price is stable; there's no casual crossover demand or reprint pressure that would move it in either direction.
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Sources
Mentioned
- Aegar, the Freezing Flame
- Inalla, Archmage Ritualist
- Kuja, Genome Sorcerer
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.