Ragamuffyn
Creature — Zombie Cleric
Hellbent — , Sacrifice a creature or land: Draw a card. Activate only if you have no cards in hand.
- CMC
- 3
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- B
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Dissension
- Price
- $0.18
- EDHREC rank
- #28188
Ragamuffyn lets you sacrifice any permanent to draw a card, which sounds expensive until you pair it with Mortuary and a free recursive loop that turns every sacrifice into a cantrip engine. The cost — three mana to cast, one colorless to activate — is steep without a loop, but inside one it's the glue that keeps the chain running.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | not legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Ragamuffyn is a Commander card through and through — the format's abundance of sacrifice synergies, token generators, and graveyard recursion is exactly the environment where a repeatable sacrifice outlet earns its slot. In Legacy and Vintage it's strictly a combo piece, too slow and narrow to see play on its own merits. Modern legality is a technicality; no competitive Modern shell wants a four-mana-to-activate sacrifice outlet when cheaper options exist. Commander is where Ragamuffyn actually lives, slotting into aristocrats and sacrifice-loop decks that can leverage the card-draw rider as a genuine engine.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card




RagamuffynMortuaryIntruder AlarmOrnithopter
Infinite death triggers; Infinite draw triggers; Infinite ETB; Infinite LTB; Infinite mana creatures you control can produce; Infinite sacrifice triggers; Infinite storm count; Infinite untap of creatures; Infinite untap of creatures you control
View on Commander Spellbook ↗Price Context
Current price
$0.18 bulk tier
At $0.18, Ragamuffyn is deep bulk — you're paying for a slot, not a card. Demand is narrow enough that the price is unlikely to move unless a high-profile Commander deck puts a sacrifice-loop combo featuring it on camera.
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.