Byway Barterer
Creature — Raccoon Rogue
Menace
Whenever you expend 4, you may discard your hand. If you do, draw two cards. (You expend 4 as you spend your fourth total mana to cast spells during a turn.)
- CMC
- 3
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- R
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- Bloomburrow Promos
- Price
- —
- EDHREC rank
- #11150
Byway Barterer puts a body on board and replaces itself with a Treasure, making it a self-funding creature that costs you nothing in cards. In Muerra, Trash Tactician specifically, that Treasure doubles as fodder for sacrifice triggers, so the card is doing double duty the turn it lands.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Muerra, Trash Tactician
Muerra, Trash Tactician's engine runs on cheap, self-replacing sacrifice fodder, and Byway Barterer delivers both a creature and a Treasure in one card — 85% of Muerra decks run it for exactly that reason.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | legal |
| standard | legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Byway Barterer is a Commander card through and through — a three-mana 2/2 that replaces itself with a Treasure is fine value in a 100-card singleton format where consistency is hard, but it's far too slow and low-impact for Modern, Pioneer, or Legacy, where the bar for three-drop creatures is a body that pressures the board immediately. In Standard it's technically playable in sacrifice or Treasure synergy shells, but better options typically exist at the same slot. Commander is where Byway Barterer earns its keep, and even there it's almost exclusively a Muerra, Trash Tactician card rather than a generalist include.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
unknown tier
Pricing data for Byway Barterer isn't currently available, so check Scryfall or TCGPlayer for the latest number. Given its narrow application outside one commander archetype, expect it to sit at bulk or near-bulk pricing.
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.