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Marauding Raptor

Creature — Dinosaur

Creature spells you cast cost {1} less to cast.
Whenever another creature you control enters, this creature deals 2 damage to it. If a Dinosaur is dealt damage this way, this creature gets +2/+0 until end of turn.

CMC
2
Mana cost
{1}{R}
Color identity
R
Rarity
rare
Set
Core Set 2020 Promos
Price
$1.40
EDHREC rank
#2929
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Marauding Raptor card art
Marauding Raptor hits the board as a cost-reducer and damage dealer in one, shaving a generic mana off every Dinosaur you cast while pinging each new Dinosaur for 2 on entry. The cost is real — that ping can kill your own creatures — but in the Polyraptor loop with Wayta, Trainer Prodigy absorbing the damage, the "downside" becomes the engine.

Best Commanders

Commanders with the highest synergy

01
Wayta, Trainer Prodigy

Wayta, Trainer Prodigy

64.5% of decks · synergy 0.54

Wayta, Trainer Prodigy is the natural home: her ability to redirect enrage triggers means Marauding Raptor's 2-damage ping fuels enrage payoffs without killing your board, turning the cost-reducer into a one-card enrage engine.

02
Indoraptor, the Perfect Hybrid

Indoraptor, the Perfect Hybrid

49.2% of decks · synergy 0.47

Indoraptor, the Perfect Hybrid wants as many Dinosaurs entering the battlefield as possible, and Marauding Raptor's cost reduction lets you chain them faster while the ping keeps enrage triggers flowing every time a new threat lands.

03
Gishath, Sun's Avatar

Gishath, Sun's Avatar

55.6% of decks · synergy 0.45

Gishath, Sun's Avatar floods the board with Dinosaurs off combat damage, and Marauding Raptor turns that flood into a discount — every Dinosaur Gishath cheats in still triggers the cost reduction for whatever you cast next.

04
Pantlaza, Sun-Favored

Pantlaza, Sun-Favored

49.8% of decks · synergy 0.39

Pantlaza, Sun-Favored cares about Dinosaurs entering in quantity, and Marauding Raptor both reduces the casting cost and fires an enrage trigger on each arrival, doubling the value of every discover chain.

05
Owen Grady, Raptor TrainerBlue, Loyal Raptor

Owen Grady, Raptor Trainer // Blue, Loyal Raptor

40.1% of decks · synergy 0.39

Owen Grady, Raptor Trainer // Blue, Loyal Raptor builds around Raptor tribal specifically, and Marauding Raptor slots in as a lord-adjacent piece that makes the whole tribe cheaper to deploy while synergizing with any enrage payoffs in the 99.

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

Marauding Raptor is a Commander card through and through — Dinosaur tribal is an archetype that only has the density and the payoffs to support it in the 100-card singleton format. In Modern and Legacy it's legal but practically invisible; two mana for a 3/3 that discounts a parasitic creature type doesn't clear the competitive bar in either format. Pioneer is the same story. The card's entire value proposition — cheap access to a repeatable cost-reducer that doubles as an enrage trigger — only pays off when you're running 20-plus Dinosaurs and commanders that reward the synergy.

Key Combos

Combo lines featuring this card

Price Context

Current price

$1.40 cheap tier

At $1.40, Marauding Raptor sits at the low end of the cheap tier, which is right for a card with a narrow home but genuine combo potential inside it. It's a staple in Dinosaur decks and that demand is consistent, so don't expect it to drop further — but don't expect a spike either unless a new Dinosaur commander pushes the archetype into heavier rotation.

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