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Coati Scavenger

Creature — Raccoon

Descend 4 — When this creature enters, if there are four or more permanent cards in your graveyard, return target permanent card from your graveyard to your hand.

CMC
3
Mana cost
{2}{G}
Color identity
G
Rarity
uncommon
Set
The Lost Caverns of Ixalan
Price
$0.28
EDHREC rank
#13387
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Coati Scavenger card art
Coati Scavenger enters with a power and toughness equal to the number of creature cards in all graveyards — in a graveyard-heavy pod, that's a 10/10 or larger for five mana with no setup beyond playing the game. The catch is that it does nothing on its own, so pair it with recursion like Kaya's Ghostform or run it under Muerra, Trash Tactician to turn every discard cycle into a fresh threat.

Best Commanders

Commanders with the highest synergy

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Muerra, Trash Tactician

Muerra, Trash Tactician

64.0% of decks · synergy 0.63

Muerra, Trash Tactician's discard-and-recur loop fills graveyards faster than almost any other commander, and Coati Scavenger scales directly off that count — in a Muerra deck it routinely enters as a 15/15 or larger by mid-game while also feeding right back into Muerra's own engine.

Format Analysis

Where it lives, where it can’t

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

Coati Scavenger is a Commander card through and through — the 100-card singleton format guarantees deep graveyards from multiple opponents, giving it the raw power count it needs to be relevant. In Standard, Pioneer, and Modern it competes against faster, more consistent threats that don't depend on opponent cooperation to be large. Legacy and Vintage have enough graveyard hate floating around that a vanilla-stats creature with no enters-the-battlefield effect rarely earns a slot. Stick to Commander, where the collective graveyard count is almost always high enough to make it worth five mana.

Key Combos

Combo lines featuring this card

Price Context

Current price

$0.28 bulk tier

At $0.28, Coati Scavenger is bulk — straightforward to pick up without budget considerations. It's a niche role-player rather than a format staple, so there's no pressure on supply and the price is unlikely to move unless a breakout Muerra list pushes demand.

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