Kessig Cagebreakers
Creature — Human Rogue
Whenever this creature attacks, create a 2/2 green Wolf creature token that's tapped and attacking for each creature card in your graveyard.
- CMC
- 5
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- G
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- Midnight Hunt Commander
- Price
- $0.26
- EDHREC rank
- #9444
Kessig Cagebreakers enters attacking and creates a Wolf token for every creature in your graveyard — in any self-mill deck, that's a board-wide alpha strike stapled to a five-mana creature. Old Stickfingers decks in particular treat it as a finisher, not a value piece.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Old Stickfingers
Old Stickfingers mills creatures directly into the graveyard by design, so Kessig Cagebreakers reliably swings in with a dozen or more Wolves the turn it lands — the two cards form a self-contained mill-and-attack engine.
Sidisi, Brood Tyrant
Sidisi, Brood Tyrant fills the graveyard through combat triggers and self-mill, giving Kessig Cagebreakers a packed graveyard to work with; the Wolves it produces on attack also trigger Sidisi's own Zombie-generation if you need a second wave.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | not legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Kessig Cagebreakers is a Commander card through and through — graveyard counts that make it backbreaking simply don't exist in faster formats, and five mana is too slow for Legacy or Vintage where it's technically legal. In Commander, any dedicated self-mill or reanimator deck can realistically swing with ten-plus Wolves the turn it comes down, often closing the game on the spot. Outside Commander and Oathbreaker, there's no realistic home for it.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.26 bulk tier
At $0.26, Kessig Cagebreakers is bulk by any measure, and a card that routinely wins Commander games on the spot should cost more — it doesn't, because it's narrow and easy to reprint. Grab a copy now; there's no reason to pay more.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.