Hunting Velociraptor
Creature — Dinosaur
First strike
Dinosaur spells you cast have prowl 
. (You may cast a spell for its prowl cost if you dealt combat damage to a player this turn with a creature with any of its creature types.)
- CMC
- 3
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- R
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- Jurassic World Collection
- Price
- $69.33
- EDHREC rank
- #3752
Hunting Velociraptor enters with haste, gives another Dinosaur you control haste, and hits hard enough to matter immediately — it doesn't wait around. The natural home is Owen Grady, Raptor Trainer // Blue, Loyal Raptor, where the Velociraptor's enter-the-battlefield haste grant slots directly into a commander that rewards you for deploying Dinosaurs with speed and precision.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Owen Grady, Raptor Trainer // Blue, Loyal Raptor
Etali, Primal Conqueror
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 |
Hunting Velociraptor is a Commander card — the Dinosaur tribal infrastructure it supports simply doesn't exist at meaningful density in Legacy or Vintage, and it's not legal in Modern, Pioneer, Standard, or Pauper. In Commander, it occupies a clear niche: Dinosaur decks that need a haste enabler that also counts as a creature type for synergy purposes. Oathbreaker is the one other format where it's legal, but the 60-card singleton structure rarely justifies a four-mana 3/3 without a dedicated tribal shell underneath it. The card lives and dies in Commander.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Budget Alternatives
Cheaper options that do most of the same work
Swiftfoot Boots and Lightning Greaves both grant haste at a fraction of the cost and work on any creature, though neither counts as a Dinosaur or triggers creature-type synergies the way Hunting Velociraptor does. If the tribal count matters — and in Pantlaza, Sun-Favored or Gishath, Sun's Avatar it usually does — Otepec Huntmaster is the closest budget analog, costing under a dollar and reducing Dinosaur costs on top of the haste grant.
Price Context
Current price
$69.33 premium tier
At $69.33, Hunting Velociraptor sits firmly in the premium tier — steep for a card whose function is haste enablement in a single tribal archetype. The price is driven by its unique combination of being a Dinosaur creature and granting haste to other Dinosaurs, making it non-negotiable in dedicated Owen Grady builds, but hard to justify anywhere else at that cost.
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Sources
Mentioned
- Owen Grady, Raptor Trainer // Blue, Loyal Raptor
- Etali, Primal Conqueror
- Pantlaza, Sun-Favored
- Gishath, Sun's Avatar
- Indoraptor, the Perfect Hybrid
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.