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
- Color identity
- R
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Eternal
- Price
- $0.40
- EDHREC rank
- #23998
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
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| 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


Casey & Raph, HotheadsDeadeye Navigator
Exile each opponent's library; Infinite ETB; Infinite LTB
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Casey & Raph, HotheadsMortuaryYahenni, Undying Partisan
Infinite ETB; Infinite LTB; Infinite death triggers; Infinite sacrifice triggers; Infinite storm count
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Casey & Raph, HotheadsMortuaryUmbral Collar Zealot
Infinite ETB; Infinite LTB; Infinite death triggers; Infinite sacrifice triggers; Infinite storm count; Infinite surveil
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Casey & Raph, HotheadsMortuaryBloodflow Connoisseur
Infinite +1/+1 counters on a creature; Infinite ETB; Infinite LTB; Infinite death triggers; Infinite sacrifice triggers; Infinite storm count
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Casey & Raph, HotheadsMortuaryCarrion Feeder
Infinite +1/+1 counters on a creature; Infinite ETB; Infinite LTB; Infinite death triggers; Infinite sacrifice triggers; Infinite storm count
View on Commander Spellbook ↗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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Sources
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.