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Lurking Roper

Creature — Horror

This creature doesn't untap during your untap step.
Whenever you gain life, untap this creature.

CMC
3
Mana cost
{2}{G}
Color identity
G
Rarity
uncommon
Set
Adventures in the Forgotten Realms
Price
$0.08
EDHREC rank
#23829
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Lurking Roper card art
Lurking Roper's only real job is enabling infinite combos — pair it with Presence of Gond and any untap loop and you have an unbounded token engine at instant speed. The creature itself is a 1/4 with no standalone value, so you're running it purely as a combo piece.

Format Analysis

Where it lives, where it can’t

FormatVerdict
commander legal
legacy legal
modern legal
pioneer legal
standard not legal
vintage legal
pauper not legal
oathbreaker legal

Commander is the only format where Lurking Roper sees meaningful play — the combo lines it enables are redundant enough to justify a singleton slot, and the 100-card format gives you the tutors to assemble them consistently. In Legacy, Modern, and Pioneer it's legal but essentially invisible; faster, more resilient combo pieces make a 1/4 that does nothing on its own uncompetitive. Vintage is the same story at higher velocity. Lurking Roper is a Commander card, full stop.

Key Combos

Combo lines featuring this card

Price Context

Current price

$0.08 bulk tier

At $0.08, Lurking Roper is deep bulk — it costs less than a sleeve. That price is stable precisely because demand is narrow and Commander players who want it only need one copy.

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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.