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Huatli's Raptor

Creature — Dinosaur

Vigilance
When this creature enters, proliferate. (Choose any number of permanents and/or players, then give each another counter of each kind already there.)

CMC
2
Mana cost
{G}{W}
Color identity
GW
Rarity
uncommon
Set
War of the Spark
Price
$0.28
EDHREC rank
#15057
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Huatli's Raptor card art
Huatli's Raptor enters with two +1/+1 counters and proliferates on attack, snowballing any counter-based strategy at a two-mana rate that is almost absurdly efficient. The combo ceiling with Myojin of Cryptic Dreams and similar pieces makes it a genuine engine piece, not a flavor inclusion.

Format Analysis

Where it lives, where it can’t

FormatVerdict
commander legal
legacy legal
modern legal
pioneer legal
standard not legal
vintage legal
pauper not legal
oathbreaker legal

Huatli's Raptor is a Commander card through and through — the proliferate trigger rewards the long game and the density of permanents that 100-card decks enable. In Modern and Pioneer it is legal but outclassed: two mana for a 2/3 with a conditional, once-per-turn proliferate doesn't meet the bar in those formats. Legacy and Vintage offer even less reason to sleeve it up. Commander is where the Raptor earns its slot, specifically in Atraxa-style counter decks or any shell that wants cheap, repeatable proliferate on an attacking body.

Key Combos

Combo lines featuring this card

Price Context

Current price

$0.28 bulk tier

At $0.28, Huatli's Raptor is deep bulk — you're paying almost nothing for a card that does genuine work in the right Commander deck. Bulk rares with real combo and synergy applications tend to stay cheap rather than spike unless a new card breaks them wide open, so this is a low-risk pickup whenever you need it.

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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.