Raiyuu, Storm's Edge
Legendary Creature — Human Samurai
First strike
Whenever a Samurai or Warrior you control attacks alone, untap it. If it's the first combat phase of the turn, there is an additional combat phase after this phase.
- CMC
- 4
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- RW
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- Kamigawa: Neon Dynasty
- Price
- $0.39
- EDHREC rank
- #6607
Raiyuu, Storm's Edge gives a solo attacker a second combat step, which turns any single threatening creature into a double-trigger engine for free on the attack. The cost is the constraint — only one attacker can be declared for the bonus phase to fire, which makes Raiyuu nearly useless in go-wide decks but devastating in voltron shells like Wyleth, Soul of Steel where you were attacking alone anyway.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Wyleth, Soul of Steel
Wyleth, Soul of Steel attacks alone by design, so Raiyuu, Storm's Edge costs nothing to enable — the second combat step means a second draw trigger off Wyleth's ability, effectively doubling your card advantage every turn you connect.
Zurgo Helmsmasher
Zurgo Helmsmasher wants to hit face as hard as possible, and Raiyuu, Storm's Edge gives him a second window each turn to do exactly that — two swings at an opponent means two chances to end the game before blockers can be arranged.
Ruhan of the Fomori
Ruhan of the Fomori already attacks alone by its own text, so the single-attacker restriction on Raiyuu, Storm's Edge is never a drawback — it's just a free extra combat bolted onto a creature that's already enormous.
Isshin, Two Heavens as One
Isshin, Two Heavens as One doubles attack triggers, and Raiyuu, Storm's Edge creates an additional declare-attackers step, meaning every trigger-loaded attacker fires twice per combat phase rather than once — the ceiling on that interaction is very high in a tuned build.
Jared Carthalion, True Heir
Jared Carthalion, True Heir accumulates counters by taking damage, and Raiyuu, Storm's Edge lets him swing twice in a turn, accelerating that counter clock while putting pressure on opponents who weren't expecting a second wave.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Raiyuu, Storm's Edge is legal in Commander, Legacy, Modern, Pioneer, Vintage, and Oathbreaker, but its real home is Commander — nowhere else does the "attack alone" restriction align so naturally with how decks are built. In Modern and Legacy the card does nothing until you attack, requires a specific board state to fire, and has no interaction with the stack, which makes it too slow and conditional against interactive decks that can just kill your creature before the second combat resolves. Oathbreaker is the one non-Commander format where it might see fringe play alongside an aggressive signature spell package, but the pool there is shallow enough that it rarely gets built. Treat Raiyuu, Storm's Edge as a Commander card that happens to be technically legal elsewhere.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.39 bulk tier
At $0.39, Raiyuu, Storm's Edge is firmly bulk — you're paying almost nothing for a card that does real work in the right shell. That price reflects narrow applicability rather than power level, so if you're building a voltron or single-attacker deck, this is one of the best-value pickups available.
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Sources
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.