Castle Raptors
Creature — Bird Soldier
Flying
As long as this creature is untapped, it gets +0/+2.
- CMC
- 5
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- W
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Time Spiral
- Price
- $0.10
- EDHREC rank
- #29829
Castle Raptors enters as a 3/3 flier that upgrades to a 3/5 whenever you control a Plains — a significant defensive body at five mana. The rate is acceptable for limited but too clunky for most constructed formats where five-mana creatures need to do more than sit there.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | not legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Castle Raptors finds its most forgiving home in Commander, where slower games let a 3/5 flying blocker actually matter and Plains-heavy white decks reliably trigger the toughness bonus. In Pauper it's a legitimate common threat — a 3/5 flier at five mana is a real clock in a format where removal is constrained and air superiority wins games. Legacy, Vintage, and Modern are simply too fast for a five-mana do-nothing-on-entry creature; Castle Raptors never sees play in those formats despite being legal.
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Price Context
Current price
$0.10 bulk tier
At $0.10, Castle Raptors is deep bulk — you're picking it out of a commons box, not paying for it. That price reflects low demand across formats and makes it a zero-cost inclusion if you're building a budget white Commander deck that needs flying bodies.
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Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.