Putrid Raptor
Creature — Zombie Dinosaur Beast
Morph—Discard a Zombie card. (You may cast this card face down as a 2/2 creature for 
. Turn it face up any time for its morph cost.)
- CMC
- 6
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- B
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Scourge
- Price
- $0.12
- EDHREC rank
- #29913
Putrid Raptor is a 4/4 beater with built-in evasion via morph — you can deploy it face-down for two mana and reveal a Zombie card from hand to flip it up as a surprise blocker or attacker. The cost is real: the flip condition ties you to a Zombie-heavy hand, making it a tribal role-player rather than a generic threat.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | not legal |
| pioneer | not legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Putrid Raptor lives almost entirely in Commander, where Zombie tribal decks have the density of payoffs to make the flip condition reliable. In Legacy and Vintage it's legal but irrelevant — the format speed makes a 4/4 conditional morph unplayable against the available threats. Commander is the only context where Putrid Raptor earns a slot, and even there it competes hard for roster spots in a tribe with no shortage of four-drop options.
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Price Context
Current price
$0.12 bulk tier
At $0.12, Putrid Raptor is deep bulk — no financial risk to test it, and no expectation of appreciation given its narrow tribal niche. Pick it up freely, but don't expect the price to move.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.