Lukka, Coppercoat Outcast
Legendary Planeswalker — Lukka
+1: Exile the top three cards of your library. Creature cards exiled this way gain "You may cast this card from exile as long as you control a Lukka planeswalker."
−2: Exile target creature you control, then reveal cards from the top of your library until you reveal a creature card with greater mana value. Put that card onto the battlefield and the rest on the bottom of your library in a random order.
−7: Each creature you control deals damage equal to its power to each opponent.
- CMC
- 5
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- R
- Rarity
- mythic
- Set
- Ikoria: Lair of Behemoths
- Price
- $0.77
- EDHREC rank
- #12483
Lukka, Coppercoat Outcast turns a creature token into whatever massive creature sits on top of your library after a shuffle — a five-mana exchange that can land a free Eldrazi or combo piece on the same turn you play it. The cost is real: you exile the creature you sacrifice, so the swap is permanent, and the ability fires once per turn at minus-two loyalty with Lukka entering at five.
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 |
In Commander, Lukka, Coppercoat Outcast is a niche tool — it slots into token-heavy red-green shells that also run library manipulation, letting you set up exactly what you're trading into. Pioneer saw brief fringe play in creature-toolbox strategies, but the format's speed and targeted removal made protecting a five-mana planeswalker unreliable. Modern and Legacy have faster, more consistent ways to cheat creatures into play, so Lukka rarely shows up in either. Oathbreaker is where the design gets interesting: as the oathbreaker itself, paired with a cantrip signature spell to set up the top of the library, Lukka can repeatedly convert tokens into threats with surprising consistency.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.77 bulk tier
At $0.77, Lukka, Coppercoat Outcast sits firmly in bulk planeswalker territory, a price that reflects its narrow application rather than raw power. Bulk mythics with specific combo requirements rarely recover without a new printing or breakout deck, so treat it as a cheap pickup for the exact shell that wants it, not a spec.
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.