Raccoon Rallier
Creature — Raccoon Bard
: Target creature you control gains haste until end of turn. Activate only as a sorcery.
- CMC
- 2
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- R
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Bloomburrow
- Price
- $0.14
- EDHREC rank
- #10845
Raccoon Rallier puts a free counter on one of your creatures every time a creature enters the battlefield under your control — that's a passive pump engine stapled to a three-mana 2/2. The cost is that it needs other creatures entering to do anything, but in the right shell that condition is met before you even untap; Muerra, Trash Tactician decks hit that threshold by design.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Muerra, Trash Tactician
Muerra, Trash Tactician's game plan revolves around making Food tokens and flooding the board with small creatures, which means Raccoon Rallier is firing on nearly every turn cycle — each new token trigger stacks a +1/+1 counter on whatever threat you're growing.
Mabel, Heir to Cragflame
Mabel, Heir to Cragflame cares about creatures with counters and rewards you for going wide, so Raccoon Rallier slots in as a passive counter distributor that upgrades every new body entering the battlefield into a slightly larger threat.
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, Raccoon Rallier is a role-player, not a headliner — it earns its slot in token-heavy or aristocrats-adjacent builds where creatures entering every turn is a given, not a stretch. Competitive non-Commander formats haven't found a home for it; Modern and Pioneer have access to faster, more redundant counter engines, and a 2/2 for three that does nothing on an empty board doesn't meet the efficiency bar those formats demand. Pauper is where it's worth a second look, since common-legal creature-token strategies are common and the sustained counter accumulation can outpace removal over a long game.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.14 bulk tier
At $0.14, Raccoon Rallier is deep bulk — you're paying for cardboard, not scarcity. Bulk commons and uncommons at this price point rarely spike unless a new commander pushes the archetype into heavy demand, so buy the copies you need and don't expect movement.
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Sources
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.