Frost Raptor
Snow Creature — Bird
Flying
: This creature gains shroud until end of turn. ( can be paid with one mana from a snow source. A creature with shroud can't be the target of spells or abilities.)
- CMC
- 3
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- U
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Coldsnap
- Price
- $0.17
- EDHREC rank
- #20361
Frost Raptor is a 2/3 flying creature with flying that taps to surveil 1 whenever a snow permanent enters the battlefield under your control — a repeatable filtering engine dressed up as a beatstick. Outside of dedicated snow builds helmed by something like Isu the Abominable, it does almost nothing, but inside one it earns its slot immediately.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Isu the Abominable
Isu the Abominable rewards stacking snow permanents, and Frost Raptor converts every one of those triggers into a surveil — which feeds the graveyard, smooths draws, and keeps the engine consistent across a long game.
Jorn, God of Winter
Jorn, God of Winter untaps snow permanents during combat, and Frost Raptor's tap ability means each combat step can become additional card selection on top of whatever mana advantage Jorn is generating.
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 | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Frost Raptor is a niche card in every format it's legal in — Pauper is probably its highest-ceiling non-Commander home, where snow synergies are more concentrated and a 2/3 flier with upside is a real threat. In Legacy and Vintage it's simply outclassed; the card's power level doesn't register at those tables. Commander is where Frost Raptor actually gets played, and only in snow-tribal decks where the surveil trigger fires repeatedly rather than once or twice a game.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.17 bulk tier
At $0.17, Frost Raptor is deep bulk — grab a copy without thinking about it. It's too narrow to move off bulk pricing regardless of snow's popularity, so there's no meaningful upside to holding copies.
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Sources
Mentioned
- Isu the Abominable
- Jorn, God of Winter
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.