Bortuk Bonerattle
Legendary Creature — Troll Shaman
Domain — When Bortuk Bonerattle enters, if you cast it, choose target creature card in your graveyard. Return that card to the battlefield if its mana value is less than or equal to the number of basic land types among lands you control. Otherwise, put it into your hand.
- CMC
- 6
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- BG
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Dominaria United
- Price
- $0.09
- EDHREC rank
- #20961
Bortuk Bonerattle reanimates any creature from any graveyard the moment it enters — no tapping, no waiting — and staples a Raise Dead onto its Ward 2 body as a bonus. Six mana for a 4/4 that immediately steals the best creature in any yard is a strong rate, and the free hand refill when it dies makes opponents pay to remove it.
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 |
Bortuk Bonerattle is a Commander card through and through — six mana is acceptable in a 40-life multiplayer format where three opponents guarantee graveyards are stocked by mid-game, and the free reanimation on entry is almost always hitting something relevant. In competitive Constructed formats like Modern, Pioneer, and Legacy, it does nothing until turn six at the earliest, competes with two-mana reanimation spells, and the Ward 2 clause offers no protection against counterspells or instant-speed removal before it resolves. Oathbreaker shares enough of Commander's pace that it can function there, though the smaller deck size tightens the format's overall speed. Outside Commander, treat Bortuk as a bulk rare doing a job better-costed cards already cover.
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Price Context
Current price
$0.09 bulk tier
At $0.09, Bortuk Bonerattle is deep bulk — a Commander-legal reanimation body at a price where picking up four copies costs less than a coffee. Bulk rares with niche tribal synergy don't typically climb without a tournament spike to drive demand, so treat this as a stable, low-floor pickup for Zombie or reanimator Commander builds rather than a spec.
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.