Commando Raid
Instant
Until end of turn, target creature you control gains "When this creature deals combat damage to a player, you may have it deal damage equal to its power to target creature that player controls."
- CMC
- 3
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- R
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Onslaught
- Price
- $0.12
- EDHREC rank
- #26366
Commando Raid lets your creatures deal combat damage to a player even when blocked — effectively making every attacker a Lure-trigger that still connects. The cost is four mana at sorcery speed, which is steep for a one-shot effect that better decks replace with evasion stapled to the creatures themselves.
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 |
Commander is where Commando Raid has any realistic home, specifically in aggressive go-wide or Voltron decks that need to punch through a stalled board to trigger damage-matters abilities. The four-mana sorcery price tag competes badly against permanent-based evasion or cheaper combat tricks, so it belongs in decks where a single swing deciding the game justifies the slot. Legacy and Vintage are legal but irrelevant — no competitive shell there wants this effect at this cost when threats end games faster. Oathbreaker follows the same logic as Commander at a smaller scale, where the compressed game length makes a four-mana sorcery even harder to justify.
Key Combos
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Price Context
Current price
$0.12 bulk tier
At $0.12, Commando Raid is deep bulk — no financial floor to speak of beyond its cardboard value. It won't hold or gain value, but the cost of testing it is negligible if the effect fits your gameplan.
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Sources
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.