End-Raze Forerunners
Creature — Boar
Vigilance, trample, haste
When this creature enters, other creatures you control get +2/+2 and gain vigilance and trample until end of turn.
- CMC
- 8
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- G
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- Ravnica Allegiance Promos
- Price
- —
- EDHREC rank
- #1507
End-Raze Forerunners hits the board and immediately ends games — vigilance, trample, and +2/+2 to your whole team for one attack step is a closing argument, not a mid-game play. Eight mana is steep, but Indominus Rex, Alpha and other creature-heavy green strategies can cast it on curve and win on the spot.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Indominus Rex, Alpha
Indominus Rex, Alpha runs End-Raze Forerunners as a near-universal include because the deck is already assembling a wide board of creatures, and a single alpha strike with vigilance and trample stapled to every attacker is exactly how that board converts to a win.
Volo, Guide to Monsters
Volo, Guide to Monsters copies every creature spell with a unique type, and End-Raze Forerunners has the Boar subtype — meaning Volo triggers on it, doubling the anthem effect and putting two 7/7s into play for one cast.
Nikya of the Old Ways
Nikya of the Old Ways locks out noncreature spells but doubles mana from lands, and End-Raze Forerunners is a pure creature payoff that costs exactly the kind of enormous mana Nikya generates — no spell slots needed, just green mana and a full board.
Raggadragga, Goreguts Boss
Raggadragga, Goreguts Boss cares about creatures with mana abilities, but the deck it builds is a wide green stompy board that needs a closer, and End-Raze Forerunners delivers the trample-and-vigilance anthem that turns Raggadragga's pumped team into a one-shot.
Hazel of the Rootbloom
Hazel of the Rootbloom ramps hard through token and counter synergies, and End-Raze Forerunners is the top-end finisher that turns a developed board into lethal — the vigilance rider matters here because Hazel wants to attack and keep blockers up simultaneously.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
End-Raze Forerunners is a Commander card through and through — the effect is designed for a multiplayer board full of creatures, and the eight-mana cost is only reasonable when you have access to green's ramp infrastructure across a longer game. In competitive 1v1 formats like Modern and Legacy, eight mana for a creature with no immediate protection is unplayable; faster threats and interaction make it irrelevant long before it resolves. Pioneer is the same story — the cost and the payoff don't line up with what that format demands. Commander is where End-Raze Forerunners earns every slot: one swing with a developed board under its anthem is frequently game-ending against multiple opponents at once.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
unknown tier
End-Raze Forerunners has been reprinted multiple times and typically sits in the bulk-rare range, making it one of the more accessible eight-mana finishers in green. It's worth picking up whenever you see it in a bulk bin — the effect is strong enough that the price floor is unlikely to fall further.
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Sources
Mentioned
- Indominus Rex, Alpha
- Volo, Guide to Monsters
- Nikya of the Old Ways
- Raggadragga, Goreguts Boss
- Hazel of the Rootbloom
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.