Needletooth Raptor
Creature — Dinosaur
Enrage — Whenever this creature is dealt damage, it deals 5 damage to target creature an opponent controls.
- CMC
- 4
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- R
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Rivals of Ixalan
- Price
- $0.34
- EDHREC rank
- #11152
Needletooth Raptor turns every enrage trigger into a board wipe — anything that damages it also pings every other creature for 1, which chains into lethality faster than opponents expect. The cost is a 2/3 body for five mana, which is slow unless you're already building around it; Wayta, Trainer Prodigy decks are exactly that, and everywhere else it's too conditional to justify the slot.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Wayta, Trainer Prodigy
Wayta, Trainer Prodigy can tap to deal 1 damage to any creature you control, which means Needletooth Raptor gets its enrage trigger on demand — point that 1 damage at the Raptor, then watch the Raptor ping everything else on the board for 1 in response.
Indoraptor, the Perfect Hybrid
Indoraptor, the Perfect Hybrid forces opponents to deal damage to your creatures, which reliably triggers Needletooth Raptor's enrage without requiring you to jump through hoops — the Raptor's board-wide 1-damage ping turns every attack step into incremental creature removal.
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 |
Needletooth Raptor is a Commander card through and through — the enrage payoff scales with the density of ping effects and enrage enablers that Commander decks are built to abuse. In Modern, Pioneer, or Legacy, a 2/3 for five mana with a conditional triggered ability competes in formats where that mana buys interaction or threats that close games outright, and it doesn't make the cut. Commander is where the five-mana investment pays off: redundant enablers, longer games, and the board-wide 1-damage trigger can clear out token swarms or shave toughness off creatures that bigger removal would cost twice as much to hit.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.34 bulk tier
At $0.34, Needletooth Raptor is deep bulk — easy to pick up as a four-of or throw into any enrage package without a second thought. Bulk rares with narrow tribal applications don't tend to move unless the archetype spikes in popularity, so treat this as a cheap role-player, not a pickup with upside.
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Sources
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.