Cragganwick Cremator
Creature — Giant Shaman
When this creature enters, discard a card at random. If you discard a creature card this way, this creature deals damage equal to that card's power to target player or planeswalker.
- CMC
- 4
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- R
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- Shadowmoor
- Price
- $0.38
- EDHREC rank
- #27403
Cragganwick Cremator enters, forces a discard, and deals damage equal to that card's power directly to a player — a one-time burn spike that scales with the fattest card in your hand. The five-mana 5/4 body is fine, but you're playing it to close out a game with a Emrakul-sized gut-punch, not to hold the board.
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 | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Cragganwick Cremator is a Commander card through and through — the format's inflated life totals and hand sizes full of high-power creatures make the discard trigger relevant in ways it simply isn't in 20-life formats. In Legacy and Vintage it's unplayable; those formats have no patience for a five-mana 5/4 with a one-shot ETB that doesn't affect the board state. Modern is technically legal but the card sees zero play there for the same reason. Commander is where Cragganwick Cremator earns its slot, specifically in decks that can recur it or copy the ETB to fire the damage trigger multiple times.
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Price Context
Current price
$0.38 bulk tier
At $0.38, Cragganwick Cremator sits firmly in bulk territory and is unlikely to climb — it's a narrow build-around with a small audience. Grab it for pocket change if the deck calls for it; there's no reason to hesitate at this price.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.