Line Cutter
Creature — Human Rogue Guest
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- CMC
- 4
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- B
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Unfinity
- Price
- $0.07
- EDHREC rank
- #15145
Line Cutter protects your commander from targeted removal by making them untargetable until your next turn — and it costs one mana. In The Most Dangerous Gamer decks, that's the difference between landing a game-winning Hunt trigger and watching your commander die before it resolves.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | banned |
| modern | not legal |
| pioneer | not legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | banned |
| pauper | banned |
| oathbreaker | banned |
Line Cutter is banned in Legacy, Vintage, Pauper, and Oathbreaker, and it isn't legal in Modern, Pioneer, or Standard — Commander is the only place it sees play. The card carries four restrictions: it only targets your commander, the effect is temporary, it requires a creature type condition to be relevant, and it costs a card. Commander gives it a pass because protecting a single high-value commander from a kill spell at instant speed for one mana is exactly the rate those decks want, and the singleton format means the restrictions rarely matter when you're building around one creature anyway.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
The Most Dangerous Gamer
The Most Dangerous Gamer is the natural home for Line Cutter — 83% of those decks run it — because protecting the commander through the Hunt trigger resolution is the entire game plan, and one mana at instant speed is the cheapest way to do it.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.07 bulk tier
Line Cutter is bulk at $0.07, and given that it's legal in exactly one format and already sees heavy inclusion there, the price is unlikely to move. Pick up copies freely — there's no financial risk and no reason to proxy it.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.