Immersturm Raider

Creature — Demon Berserker

When this creature enters, you may discard a card. If you do, draw a card.

CMC
2
Mana cost
{1}{R}
Color identity
R
Rarity
common
Set
Jumpstart 2022
Price
$0.11
EDHREC rank
#16317
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Immersturm Raider card art
Immersturm Raider drains an opponent for 2 and exiles a card from your graveyard every time it attacks — repeatable life loss stapled to free graveyard management on a 2/3 with haste for three mana. The cost is that you need cards in your graveyard to fuel it, making it a non-starter in decks that don't stock the bin.

Format Analysis

Where it lives, where it can’t

FormatVerdict
commander
legacy
modern
pioneer
standard
vintage
pauper
oathbreaker

In Commander, Immersturm Raider earns a slot in Rakdos or Mardu reanimator and aristocrats builds that already fill the graveyard — the drain triggers multiply fast in a four-player game and the exile clause fuels itself off your own discard payoffs. Outside Commander, it's a fringe consideration: Pauper is the most realistic home, where drain-and-attack strategies in black-red aggro can use the recursive pressure, but the graveyard prerequisite makes it slower than the format typically wants. Legacy, Vintage, Modern, and Pioneer all have far more efficient three-drops, so Immersturm Raider doesn't register competitively there.

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Price Context

Current price

$0.11 bulk tier

At $0.11, Immersturm Raider is deep bulk — easy to pick up as a throw-in or from a commons bin. There's no financial upside to hold here; it's a pure play card, worth grabbing only if it fits your list.

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