Kraul Raider

Creature — Insect Warrior

Menace (This creature can't be blocked except by two or more creatures.)

CMC
3
Mana cost
{2}{B}
Color identity
B
Rarity
common
Set
Guilds of Ravnica
Price
$0.12
EDHREC rank
#27280
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Kraul Raider card art
Kraul Raider is a vanilla 3/2 for three mana with no abilities — that's below the floor for Commander in 2024. There is no shell where a 3/2 with no text justifies the slot.

Format Analysis

Where it lives, where it can’t

FormatVerdict
commander
legacy
modern
pioneer
standard
vintage
pauper
oathbreaker

Kraul Raider is unplayable in every Constructed format where it's legal. In Commander, a 3/2 for three with no abilities fails the most basic rate check — you need either a relevant creature type, an enters trigger, or some form of utility to compete for a slot in a 99-card deck. Pauper is the only format where bulk commons see fringe play, but even there Kraul Raider offers nothing a dozen better commons don't do cheaper or with upside.

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Price Context

Current price

$0.12 bulk tier

At $0.12, Kraul Raider is deep bulk — the kind of card that ends up in a box at the bottom of a trade binder. That price won't move; there's no demand driver that would push a vanilla 3/2 into relevance.

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