Is Monstrous Rage good in Commander?

Monstrous Rage in Commander — Combos, Decks & Price

Monstrous Rage puts +2/+0 and trample on a creature until end of turn, then leaves behind a +1/+1 counter — all for one red mana. On a double-strike threat like Slicer, Hired Muscle, that's a lethal clock accelerated by a single spell at instant speed.

Format Analysis

Where it lives, where it can’t

Format	Verdict
commander	legal
legacy	legal
modern	legal
pioneer	legal
standard	banned
vintage	legal
pauper	not legal
oathbreaker	legal

Monstrous Rage is banned in Standard, where its combination of immediate pump and a sticky +1/+1 counter proved too efficient for aggressive creature decks at common-adjacent cost. Every other format gives it a pass — in Commander specifically, the singleton rule and 40-life total mean a one-mana buff rarely swings a game on its own, and Monstrous Rage earns its slot as a cheap enabler rather than a threat by itself.

Best Commanders

Commanders with the highest synergy

01

Slicer, Hired Muscle

43.0% of decks · synergy 0.39

Slicer, Hired Muscle attacks as a 5/4 double-striker by default, so Monstrous Rage turns a single combat step into a potential 14 damage — more than a third of an opponent's life total for one mana.

02

Zada, Hedron Grinder

37.1% of decks · synergy 0.33

Zada, Hedron Grinder copies any single-target spell targeting it onto every creature you control, so a single Monstrous Rage becomes a board-wide trample-and-counter event for one red mana.

03

Feather, the Redeemed

16.4% of decks · synergy 0.15

Feather, the Redeemed returns instants and sorceries that target your creatures to hand at end of turn, so Monstrous Rage becomes a repeatable one-mana pump that accumulates +1/+1 counters every cycle.

04

Elsha, Threefold Master

13.4% of decks · synergy 0.13

Elsha, Threefold Master cares about casting noncreature spells for prowess triggers and can cast from the top of the library, making Monstrous Rage a cheap, recurrent source of both a stat boost and a permanent counter.

Key Combos

Combo lines featuring this card

Price Context

Current price

$0.64 bulk tier

At $0.64, Monstrous Rage sits in bulk territory — cheap enough to pick up as a throw-in and not worth trading away for fractions. Its Standard ban gives it a small floor of demand in older formats, so it's unlikely to crater further, but don't expect meaningful price movement either way.