Geode Rager
Creature — Elemental
First strike
Landfall — Whenever a land you control enters, goad each creature target player controls. (Until your next turn, those creatures attack each combat if able and attack a player other than you if able.)
- CMC
- 6
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- R
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- Starter Commander Decks
- Price
- $1.36
- EDHREC rank
- #2801
Geode Rager enters, forces each opponent to goad all creatures controlled by everyone else — on a landfall trigger, meaning you can repeat it every time a land hits the battlefield. The mana cost is steep at six, but Firkraag, Cunning Instigator and similar goad commanders treat that as a feature, not a bug: every goaded creature that swings is damage on the stack for Firkraag.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Firkraag, Cunning Instigator
Firkraag, Cunning Instigator runs Geode Rager in over half its decks because every creature Geode Rager goads into attacking is a creature dealing combat damage — which is exactly the trigger Firkraag needs to deal damage and draw cards.
Karazikar, the Eye Tyrant
Karazikar, the Eye Tyrant goads as a core mechanic, and Geode Rager turns each landfall trigger into a table-wide goad pulse that stacks with whatever Karazikar already forced into combat.
Kardur, Doomscourge
Kardur, Doomscourge enters and goads everything once; Geode Rager extends that effect as long as lands keep entering, making the two pieces an overlapping forced-combat lock that's very hard for opponents to play around.
Obuun, Mul Daya Ancestor
Obuun, Mul Daya Ancestor generates repeated landfall triggers naturally, which means Geode Rager isn't a one-shot effect in that shell — it becomes a recurring political weapon that clears the board of blockers every time Obuun animates a land.
Nelly Borca, Impulsive Accuser
Nelly Borca, Impulsive Accuser wants opponents swinging at each other constantly, and Geode Rager's mass goad on landfall guarantees exactly that, filling out the same forced-attack role Nelly Borca rewards with card draw.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | not legal |
| pioneer | not legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Geode Rager is a Commander card through and through — its mass-goad effect is built for multiplayer tables where forcing three or four opponents' creatures to attack each other generates outsized chaos and tempo. In Legacy and Vintage it's technically legal but wholly absent: six mana for a political effect that only matters with multiple opponents is nowhere close to playable in 1v1 high-power environments. Oathbreaker could theoretically support it in a landfall-heavy shell, but the format's smaller starting life totals and faster pace make a six-drop value creature a tough sell. If you're running Geode Rager, you're running it in Commander.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$1.36 cheap tier
At $1.36, Geode Rager sits in the bulk-rare tier — low enough to throw into any goad or landfall build without a second thought. Its niche is real but narrow, so don't expect the price to move meaningfully in either direction.
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Sources
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.