Boltwing Marauder
Creature — Dragon
Flying
Whenever another creature you control enters, target creature gets +2/+0 until end of turn.
- CMC
- 5
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- BR
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- Magic Online Promos
- Price
- —
- EDHREC rank
- #18333
Boltwing Marauder turns every new creature entering the battlefield on your side into a free Shock aimed at any target — that's a repeatable damage trigger stapled to a 5/4 flying body. Five mana is a real ask, but in go-wide or token strategies that are already flooding the board, the trigger fires so often it rarely feels expensive.
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 |
Boltwing Marauder lives almost exclusively in Commander, where multiplayer tables mean three opponents' life totals are all valid targets and creature-heavy strategies run deep. In competitive 60-card formats like Modern or Pioneer it's simply outclassed — five mana for a damage-trigger creature doesn't compete with the speed of those formats. Legacy and Vintage are legal but irrelevant; nobody is casting Boltwing Marauder when faster, more impactful five-drops exist. Commander is where the card earns its slot, specifically in Rakdos or Jund token and aristocrats shells that already generate a stream of creatures each turn.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
unknown tier
Pricing data isn't available at the moment for Boltwing Marauder, so check Scryfall or TCGPlayer for current market rates. It's a casual Commander card with a narrow audience, so it historically sits at bulk or near-bulk pricing — worth picking up if you have the right shell, but not something to chase.
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.