Lavastep Raider
Creature — Goblin Warrior
: This creature gets +2/+0 until end of turn.
- CMC
- 1
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- R
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Battle for Zendikar
- Price
- $0.03
- EDHREC rank
- #22094
Lavastep Raider is a one-mana 1/2 that can pump itself to 3/2 for two red mana — functional in aggressive red builds that can keep up the mana investment, irrelevant everywhere else. The ceiling is too low and the activation cost too steep for any format where cards are expected to do more than attack for three.
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 | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Lavastep Raider is a fringe Pauper consideration in hyper-aggressive red decks that want a one-drop with late-game relevance, though even there it competes poorly against options with built-in evasion or better base stats. In Modern and Pioneer, the card doesn't clear the bar — one-drops in those formats either come with immediate impact or don't make the cut. Commander is the worst home: Lavastep Raider asks for repeated two-mana activations to matter in a format where a 3/2 rarely survives long enough to recoup that investment. Legacy and Vintage don't want it at any price.
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Price Context
Current price
$0.03 bulk tier
At $0.03, Lavastep Raider is deep bulk — you'll find it in a common box before you'd think to buy one. There's no demand driver that moves a card like this off the floor, so the price reflects exactly what it is.
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Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.