King Crab
Creature — Crab
, 
: Put target green creature on top of its owner's library.
- CMC
- 6
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- U
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Urza's Legacy
- Price
- $0.27
- EDHREC rank
- #19197
King Crab puts a repeatable bounce effect on a 6/7 body — pay one blue and tap it to return a green creature to its owner's hand, which in the right deck is a removal spell that resets your own enters-the-battlefield triggers or clears a blocker every turn. Six mana is a real ask, but Charix, the Raging Isle decks run it at nearly a 24% rate because the Crab tribe synergy is real and the effect scales with how many green threats your opponents are running.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Charix, the Raging Isle
Charix, the Raging Isle is a Crab commander, and King Crab is one of the only other Crabs with a relevant ability — the tribal overlap alone explains the inclusion rate, and being able to bounce a green blocker each turn keeps Charix's massive power connecting.
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 |
King Crab is legal in Commander, Legacy, Vintage, and Oathbreaker, but Legacy and Vintage have no interest in a six-mana 6/7 with a slow tap ability when those formats end games before it matters. Commander is where King Crab actually lives — the 100-card singleton format slows down enough that a big body with a recurring effect can find its footing, and green is the most popular color in the format, meaning the bounce ability almost always has a target. In Oathbreaker it's technically playable but faces the same problems it does in the faster eternal formats: the spell-focused nature of that format punishes expensive creatures without immediate impact.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.27 bulk tier
At $0.27, King Crab is deep bulk — a true throwaway pickup if you're building around Charix, the Raging Isle or hunting Crab tribal pieces. Bulk rares with narrow tribal applications rarely climb without a new commander printing that supercharges the tribe, so treat this as a low-cost slot-filler, not a spec.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.