Fugitive Codebreaker
Creature — Goblin Rogue
Prowess, haste
Disguise . This cost is reduced by
for each instant and sorcery card in your graveyard. (You may cast this card face down for
as a 2/2 creature with ward
. Turn it face up any time for its disguise cost.)
When this creature is turned face up, discard your hand, then draw three cards.
- CMC
- 2
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- R
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- Murders at Karlov Manor
- Price
- $0.13
- EDHREC rank
- #17963
Fugitive Codebreaker enters with haste, draws a card on attack, and replaces itself when it dies — three lines of value on a two-mana 2/1. The cost is a body that trades with a 1/1 token, so you're running it for the card flow, not the combat threat.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | legal |
| standard | legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
In Commander, Fugitive Codebreaker slots cleanly into any red deck that wants cheap, recurring card draw — Goblin tribal, Warrior tribal, and spellslinger shells that care about the human type all have room for it. The attack trigger means it pays off the turn it enters, and the dies trigger means removal doesn't blank it entirely. In Constructed formats like Modern and Pioneer, a two-mana 2/1 with haste has a higher bar to clear, and Fugitive Codebreaker doesn't quite reach it — there are faster threats and cleaner draw spells at the same cost. Standard is the format most likely to use it situationally, where the card pool is narrower and every reliable draw effect earns consideration.
Key Combos
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Price Context
Current price
$0.13 bulk tier
At $0.13, Fugitive Codebreaker is deep bulk — buy a playset without thinking about it. The price reflects its Constructed ceiling, not its Commander utility, so it consistently overdelivers for the cost.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.