Bloodbraid Marauder
Creature — Human Berserker
This creature can't block.
Delirium — This spell has cascade as long as there are four or more card types among cards in your graveyard. (When you cast this spell, exile cards from the top of your library until you exile a nonland card that costs less. You may cast it without paying its mana cost. Put the exiled cards on the bottom in a random order.)
- CMC
- 2
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- R
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- Jumpstart: Historic Horizons
- Price
- —
- EDHREC rank
- #19280
Bloodbraid Marauder is a two-mana 2/2 with cascade that exiles the cascaded card until end of turn — you cast it for free, but if it's still exiled at your end step, it's gone for good, making timing and sequencing critical. The payoff is enormous card velocity for two mana; the cost is that whiffing on the cascade or failing to use the exiled spell means you've lost a card entirely.
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 |
In Commander, Bloodbraid Marauder rewards low-to-the-ground aggressive or spellslinger builds where the cascaded card is almost always castable on the spot — it's a liability in high-curve decks where the exiled spell sits unused. In Modern, cascade decks have historically leveraged the mechanic for tempo and card advantage, and Bloodbraid Marauder fits that tradition as a cheap, proactive threat. Legacy and Vintage give it access to the most powerful cheap spells in the game, making the exile clause largely irrelevant when everything costs one or two mana. Oathbreaker mirrors the Commander logic: tight, low-curve builds make Bloodbraid Marauder a near-unconditional two-for-one.
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Price Context
Current price
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Pricing data for Bloodbraid Marauder isn't currently available, so check Scryfall or TCGPlayer for the current market rate before buying. Given its niche application and the built-in risk of the exile clause, it's unlikely to command a premium unless a specific combo or synergy drives demand.
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.