Massive Raid
Instant
Massive Raid deals damage to any target equal to the number of creatures you control.
- CMC
- 3
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- R
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Gatecrash
- Price
- $0.29
- EDHREC rank
- #6095
Massive Raid converts a board of creatures directly into face damage — every creature you control deals 1 damage to any target, so a wide token army becomes a lethal fireball at instant speed for three mana. In a Krenko, Mob Boss deck that routinely hits 20-plus Goblins before combat, Massive Raid ends games.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Krenko, Mob Boss
Krenko, Mob Boss doubles the Goblin count every turn activation, and Massive Raid turns that exponential token flood into a one-card kill — 20 Goblins is 20 damage to a player's face at instant speed, no combat step required.
Wort, the Raidmother
Wort, the Raidmother's conspire ability lets you copy Massive Raid by tapping two red or green creatures, effectively doubling the burst damage output for no additional mana — every token you've made suddenly counts twice.
General Kreat, the Boltbringer
General Kreat, the Boltbringer rewards you for throwing multiple damage instances at opponents, and Massive Raid delivers one ping per creature in a single cast, making it one of the most efficient ways to satisfy that condition at scale.
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 |
Massive Raid is a go-wide payoff, and Commander is where wide token strategies live at their most extreme — 40 life means you need reach, and this card delivers it as a three-mana instant that scales with board size. In Pauper, it sees legitimate play in Goblin and token shells where the common card pool can still produce wide boards and opponents only have 20 life. Modern and Pioneer have it as a fringe option in token strategies, but those formats are faster and more interactive, so relying on untapped creature counts at sorcery timing — or even instant — is riskier. Legacy and Vintage have strictly more powerful burn options at comparable cost, so Massive Raid doesn't find a home there in practice.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.29 bulk tier
At $0.29, Massive Raid is deep bulk — it's the kind of card you pull from a commons box rather than purchase. Bulk rares rarely appreciate unless they break into competitive formats, and Massive Raid's ceiling is firmly Commander, so the price is likely to stay right here.
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Sources
Mentioned
- Krenko, Mob Boss
- Wort, the Raidmother
- General Kreat, the Boltbringer
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.