Flensing Raptor
Creature — Phyrexian Bird
Flying
Toxic 1 (Players dealt combat damage by this creature also get a poison counter.)
When this creature enters, another target creature you control with toxic gets +1/+1 and gains flying until end of turn.
- CMC
- 3
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- W
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Phyrexia: All Will Be One
- Price
- $0.22
- EDHREC rank
- #11729
Flensing Raptor enters with two oil counters and forces every opponent to sacrifice a creature whenever you remove a counter from it — that's a repeatable, politics-proof edict stapled to a body. The cost is that the payoff lives and dies with your ability to spend those counters, so it belongs in decks built around Phyrexian oil-counter synergies like Vishgraz, the Doomhive, not as a generic value piece.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Vishgraz, the Doomhive
Vishgraz, the Doomhive generates mites with oil counters and rewards stacking them, so Flensing Raptor plugs directly into the engine — every counter you pull off to trigger the edict is a counter the deck was already planning to move.
Elesh Norn
Elesh Norn's Phyrexian-matters identity means Flensing Raptor earns its slot as a repeatable sacrifice outlet that also pressures the board, giving the deck a way to clear blockers without spending removal spells.
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 | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
In Commander, Flensing Raptor is a niche inclusion that earns its seat in dedicated oil-counter builds — three opponents all losing a creature when you spend a counter is real, but outside that shell it's too slow and too conditional to compete with unconditional removal. In competitive 1v1 formats like Modern and Pioneer, two oil counters means exactly two sorcery-speed edicts on a 3/3 for four mana, which is nowhere near rate for those formats. Pauper is where a repeatable edict effect could theoretically turn heads, but the four-mana ask and the counter dependency make it a fringe consideration at best.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.22 bulk tier
At $0.22, Flensing Raptor is bulk, and given its narrow synergy requirements it's unlikely to climb outside a surge in oil-counter Commander builds. Grab a copy for your Vishgraz, the Doomhive deck without hesitation — the floor is already the floor.
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Sources
Mentioned
- Vishgraz, the Doomhive
- Elesh Norn
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.