Butch DeLoria, Tunnel Snake
Legendary Creature — Human Rogue
Menace (This creature can't be blocked except by two or more creatures.)
Tunnel Snakes Rule! — Whenever Butch DeLoria attacks, it gets +1/+1 until end of turn for each other Rogue and/or Snake you control.
: Put a menace counter on another target creature. It becomes a Rogue in addition to its other types.
- CMC
- 2
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- B
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Fallout
- Price
- $0.32
- EDHREC rank
- #10902
Butch DeLoria, Tunnel Snake pumps your whole Rogue team and replaces himself with a card whenever a Rogue connects — that's a lord and a draw engine stapled together. The cost is a four-mana legendary that does nothing the turn he arrives, which makes him a liability against fast boards but a backbreaker once evasion connects.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Anowon, the Ruin Thief
Anowon, the Ruin Thief already rewards Rogue combat with mill and card draw, and Butch DeLoria, Tunnel Snake stacks a second draw trigger on top while making every attacker harder to block — the two engines compound each other rather than compete.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | not legal |
| pioneer | not legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Commander is where Butch DeLoria, Tunnel Snake belongs — tribal synergy scales with the number of Rogues at the table, and the card draw matters more in a 40-life format where games go long. Legacy and Vintage are legal but irrelevant; Rogues lack the critical mass to justify a four-mana lord in those formats when faster threats dominate. Oathbreaker is the one fringe case worth noting, where a Rogue-focused signature spell package could make him a reasonable planeswalker companion.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.32 bulk tier
At $0.32, Butch DeLoria, Tunnel Snake is firmly bulk, which makes him an easy inclusion for any Rogue tribal list. Bulk rares with narrow tribal applications rarely climb on their own, so pick him up for the effect, not the spec.
Explore
Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.