Lara Croft, Tomb Raider
Legendary Creature — Human Ranger
First strike, reach
Whenever Lara Croft attacks, exile up to one target legendary artifact card or legendary land card from a graveyard and put a discovery counter on it. You may play a card from exile with a discovery counter on it this turn.
Raid — At end of combat on your turn, if you attacked this turn, create a Treasure token.
- CMC
- 3
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- GRU
- Rarity
- mythic
- Set
- Secret Lair Drop
- Price
- $48.92
- EDHREC rank
- #14223
Lara Croft, Tomb Raider turns exploration counters into a repeatable card-advantage engine, letting you cash in discovered permanents for extra attacks and triggers while keeping your hand stocked. The ceiling is high and the floor is a clunky four-drop — she needs a deck built around her discover and combat synergies to pay off.
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 |
Commander is where Lara Croft, Tomb Raider is actually built for — the discover mechanic scales well over a long game, and the 99-card singleton format gives you enough high-value permanents to make the explore-and-attack loop meaningful. Legacy and Vintage allow her but neither format wants a four-mana legendary creature that asks you to do combat homework. She is not legal in Modern, Pioneer, Standard, or Pauper, so Commander and Oathbreaker are the only realistic homes, and Oathbreaker's smaller deck size makes the discover hits less reliable.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Budget Alternatives
Cheaper options that do most of the same work
Lara Croft, Tomb Raider's core value is pairing card selection with combat incentives, and Etali, Primal Conqueror hits a similar "attack to get free permanents" note at a much lower price point, though it demands green and red rather than Sultai colors. For pure explore value without the combat dependency, Wildborn Preserver and similar self-replacing creatures cover the card-flow role at a fraction of the cost, trading the explosive upside for consistency.
Price Context
Current price
$48.92 premium tier
At $48.92, Lara Croft, Tomb Raider sits firmly in premium territory — a price driven largely by the Universes Beyond collector demand rather than raw competitive pressure. That price is fragile: if a reprint lands or Commander enthusiasm for this IP cools, the floor drops fast, so buy it because you want to play it, not because you expect it to hold.
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Sources
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.