Rakdos Cackler
Creature — Devil
Unleash (You may have this creature enter with a +1/+1 counter on it. It can't block as long as it has a +1/+1 counter on it.)
- CMC
- 1
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- BR
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- Friday Night Magic 2013
- Price
- —
- EDHREC rank
- #18728
Rakdos Cackler is a one-mana 2/2 with no upside beyond its stats — it attacks and blocks, and that's the entire pitch. In formats where speed matters it earns its slot; everywhere else, something with text replaces it.
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 |
In aggressive Modern and Pioneer black-red shells, Rakdos Cackler competes for the one-drop slot against creatures that have built-in card advantage or evasion, which limits it to the most linear burn and aggro strategies. Legacy has too much free interaction for a vanilla 2/2 to survive long enough to matter. Commander is the worst home for Rakdos Cackler — a 2/2 with no ETB, no keyword, and no late-game relevance is outclassed by turn two in a 40-life multiplayer game. Oathbreaker is marginally friendlier if the game plan is purely aggressive and the points count makes cheap bodies valuable, but even there it's fringe.
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Price Context
Current price
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Pricing data isn't available for Rakdos Cackler right now, so check Scryfall or TCGPlayer for current market rates. Given that it's a bulk common-level creature with no combo applications, it almost certainly sits at or near floor pricing regardless of platform.
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.