Labyrinth Raptor
Creature — Nightmare Dinosaur
Menace
Whenever a creature you control with menace becomes blocked, defending player sacrifices a creature of their choice that's blocking it.
: Creatures you control with menace get +1/+0 until end of turn.
- CMC
- 2
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- BR
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- Ikoria: Lair of Behemoths
- Price
- $0.33
- EDHREC rank
- #12017
Labyrinth Raptor hits the board as a 2/3 menace that makes every other Minotaur your opponent blocks a nightmare — the -1/-0 debuff stacks, so blocking a team of Minotaurs becomes a math problem nobody wins. Two mana for that kind of sustained pressure is the deal; Sethron, Hurloon General is the commander that cashes it in hardest.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Sethron, Hurloon General
Sethron, Hurloon General generates a Minotaur token every time another Minotaur enters the battlefield, and Labyrinth Raptor turns that token flood into a combat lock — every creature your opponent assigns as a blocker gets -1/-0 per Minotaur it's blocking, so even a modest board makes profitable blocks nearly impossible.
Davros, Dalek Creator
Davros, Dalek Creator wants to push damage through reliably for its draw-and-drain triggers, and Labyrinth Raptor's menace plus the blocking debuff gives the token army real evasion — opponents can't chump cheaply when every Dalek assigned to a blocker saps its power.
Indoraptor, the Perfect Hybrid
Indoraptor, the Perfect Hybrid runs a forced-block strategy that turns Labyrinth Raptor into a kill condition — force a creature to block Indoraptor and the rest of the Raptor's debuff bleeds the blocker dry before damage even resolves.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Commander is where Labyrinth Raptor does its real work, slotting into Minotaur tribal or any Rakdos deck that wants to punish blocking. In competitive 60-card formats like Modern and Pioneer, it lacks the raw efficiency to make the cut — two mana for a 2/3 is fine, but the debuff only matters in tribal shells that don't exist at those power levels. Legacy and Vintage have access to it but have zero reason to run it. Commander tribal is the entire audience, and within that context it earns its slot.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.33 bulk tier
At $0.33, Labyrinth Raptor is deep bulk — pick it up without thinking twice. Demand is narrow enough to keep it in this range indefinitely; it's not a card that escapes its tribe.
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Sources
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.