Frenzied Raptor
Creature — Dinosaur
- CMC
- 3
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- R
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- The List
- Price
- $0.08
- EDHREC rank
- #21922
Frenzied Raptor is a 4/2 for two mana — above-rate stats that come with a hard restriction: you can't cast other spells the turn you attack with it. That drawback is crippling in most contexts, making this a narrow card that only earns its slot in decks built to ignore the limitation entirely.
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 |
Frenzied Raptor sees essentially no competitive play in Legacy, Modern, or Pioneer despite being legal in all three — a 4/2 for two with a significant attack restriction doesn't clear the bar when those formats offer aggressive two-drops with upside and no downside. Pauper is the most plausible home, where raw stats matter more and the commons pool is shallow, but even there the restriction is too punishing for tempo strategies that need to develop their board while swinging. In Commander, Frenzied Raptor is a fringe consideration in dinosaur tribal builds under commanders like Gishath, Sun's Avatar, where the creature type matters more than the card's individual ceiling.
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Price Context
Current price
$0.08 bulk tier
At $0.08, Frenzied Raptor is deep bulk — the kind of card you find in a dollar box or pull from a draft chaff pile. Don't expect that to change; the restrictive attack clause keeps demand low across every format.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.