Rag Man
Creature — Human Minion
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: Target opponent reveals their hand and discards a creature card at random. Activate only during your turn.
- CMC
- 4
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- B
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- Fifth Edition
- Price
- $0.27
- EDHREC rank
- #26039
Rag Man forces an opponent to discard a random card at sorcery speed, costs four mana to activate, and requires tapping — all for an effect most decks can get on an enters-the-battlefield trigger for half the investment. It's a bulk rare for a reason, and no amount of discard synergy rescues it from that activation cost.
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 |
Rag Man is legal in Commander, Legacy, Vintage, and Oathbreaker, but legal doesn't mean playable. In Commander, random discard on a fragile four-mana creature with a tap activation is too slow — opponents refill hands faster than Rag Man can threaten them, and it only targets one player at a time. Legacy and Vintage have access to Hymn to Tourach, Thoughtseize, and The Rack effects that make Rag Man irrelevant at any table that wants to win. Oathbreaker suffers the same problem in a smaller pod: the activation cost is dead weight when the format rewards explosive, efficient plays.
Key Combos
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Price Context
Current price
$0.27 bulk tier
At $0.27, Rag Man sits firmly in bulk territory, and that price is about right. There's no competitive demand driving it up, and casual discard builds have better options at the same price point, so don't expect this to move.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.