Raging Poltergeist
Creature — Spirit
- CMC
- 5
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- R
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Avacyn Restored
- Price
- $0.06
- EDHREC rank
- #29379
Raging Poltergeist is a 5/1 trampler for five mana — all offense, no staying power. The stats are aggressive but the fragility is a real cost, and five mana is a lot to pay for a creature that dies to a stiff breeze.
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 | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Raging Poltergeist is a bulk common in every format that matters, and that tells you most of what you need to know about its ceiling. In Commander, a 5/1 for five with trample is too easy to block and too hard to protect — one chump blocker and it's gone. In Pauper it sits below the power curve for aggressive red decks, which have cheaper and more resilient options at every slot. Legacy and Vintage are non-starters; Raging Poltergeist doesn't come close to the efficiency bar those formats demand.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.06 bulk tier
At $0.06, Raging Poltergeist is deep bulk — you're buying it out of a dollar bin, not a binder. There's no realistic price floor lower than this, and no demand driver that would push it higher.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.