Raka Disciple
Creature — Minotaur Wizard
, 
: Prevent the next 1 damage that would be dealt to any target this turn.
, : Target creature gains flying until end of turn.
- CMC
- 1
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- RUW
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Apocalypse
- Price
- $0.10
- EDHREC rank
- #30663
Raka Disciple trades a tap and a mana for a single point of damage — a rate so far below the floor that it barely registers as a game action. Outside of very specific Minotaur tribal payoffs like Sethron, Hurloon General, there is no Commander shell that wants this effect.
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 | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Raka Disciple is legal in Commander, Legacy, Vintage, Pauper, and Oathbreaker, but legal and playable are different things. In Pauper, one damage for one mana and a tap is unacceptably slow against aggressive commons. Legacy and Vintage have access to every efficient burn spell ever printed, making Raka Disciple invisible in those formats. Commander is the one context where tribal synergies can manufacture extra untap steps and make the ability fire more than once per turn, but even there the card competes against actual Minotaur payoffs and loses most of that competition.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Sethron, Hurloon GeneralCloudstone CurioRagemongerRaka Disciple
Infinite creature tokens; Infinite ETB; Infinite LTB; Infinite storm count
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Current price
$0.10 bulk tier
At $0.10, Raka Disciple is deep bulk — the kind of card that moves in collections rather than carts. The price will not rise; demand doesn't exist to push it.
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Sources
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.