Rabbit Response
Instant
Creatures you control get +2/+1 until end of turn. If you control a Rabbit, scry 2. (Look at the top two cards of your library, then put any number of them on the bottom and the rest on top in any order.)
- CMC
- 4
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- W
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Bloomburrow
- Price
- $0.90
- EDHREC rank
- #12796
Rabbit Response destroys target artifact or enchantment and creates a 1/1 white Rabbit token — spot removal that replaces itself on the board for two mana. It's a clean, efficient answer, and Finneas, Ace Archer turns that free Rabbit into a free card, making the whole transaction generate tempo and value simultaneously.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Finneas, Ace Archer
Finneas, Ace Archer lets every Rabbit token you produce draw a card, so Rabbit Response becomes a two-mana Naturalize that replaces itself in hand — that's the whole engine in one line.
Cadira, Caller of the Small
Cadira, Caller of the Small triggers whenever you make one or more tokens on attack, so the Rabbit that Rabbit Response creates feeds directly into Cadira's snowballing token generation whenever you swing.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | legal |
| standard | legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
In Commander, Rabbit Response earns its slot exclusively in token and Rabbit-tribal shells — outside those, a two-mana artifact or enchantment removal spell that leaves a 1/1 behind is functional but not competitive with Generous Gift or Nature's Claim. In 60-card formats, it's too narrow: the Rabbit token is irrelevant in Legacy, Modern, or Pioneer, where you'd rather pay one mana for Disenchant effects with no downside or run dedicated sideboard slots. Pauper is the one 60-card context where the body could matter in a creature-based white deck, but even there Rabbit Response faces stiff competition from common-rarity options. It's a Commander-specific card, and within Commander it's a role-player, not a staple.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.90 bulk tier
At $0.90, Rabbit Response sits at the top of bulk pricing — cheap enough to throw in without hesitation if the shell calls for it. Demand is narrow enough that it won't hold or grow value, so treat it as a throw-in pick, not a hold.
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Sources
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.