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Casey & Raph, Hotheads

Legendary Creature — Mutant Ninja Human Turtle

When Casey & Raph enter, choose one or both. Each mode must target a different player.
• Target player exiles the top card of their library. Until that player's next end step, they may play that card without paying its mana cost.
• Target player creates two Treasure tokens.

CMC
5
Mana cost
{4}{R}
Color identity
R
Rarity
rare
Set
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Eternal
Price
$0.40
EDHREC rank
#23998
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Casey & Raph, Hotheads card art
Casey & Raph, Hotheads hits the board as a 4/4 haste that immediately threatens a free extra combat step when it deals combat damage — the payoff is real and front-loaded. The catch is the six-mana cost and the dependence on connecting with a player, which makes it a magnet for removal before the trigger ever resolves; pair it with Deadeye Navigator or similar blink effects to recur the damage trigger, or you're paying a lot for a vanilla beatstick.

Format Analysis

Where it lives, where it can’t

FormatVerdict
commander legal
legacy legal
modern not legal
pioneer not legal
standard not legal
vintage legal
pauper not legal
oathbreaker legal

Casey & Raph, Hotheads is legal in Commander, Legacy, Vintage, and Oathbreaker — formats where six mana either flows freely or where the card is simply too slow to matter. Commander is the only real home: the extra combat trigger scales up with a wide board, and the singleton format means you lean into the theme rather than run it as a primary threat. Legacy and Vintage are theoretical inclusions only; six-mana creatures without immediate game-ending impact don't compete in those formats, full stop. Oathbreaker could support it in a dedicated aggro shell, but the ceiling is lower than in Commander due to the 20-life starting total compressing games.

Key Combos

Combo lines featuring this card

Price Context

Current price

$0.40 bulk tier

At $0.40, Casey & Raph, Hotheads sits squarely in bulk territory — low barrier to try, low barrier to cut. Bulk rares with niche combo upside tend to stay flat unless a breakout deck pushes demand, and nothing about the current metagame suggests that's imminent.

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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.