Rakdos Firewheeler
Creature — Human Rogue
When this creature enters, it deals 2 damage to target opponent and 2 damage to up to one target creature or planeswalker.
- CMC
- 4
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- BR
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Ravnica Remastered
- Price
- $0.23
- EDHREC rank
- #21397
Rakdos Firewheeler enters and immediately does two things: it pings a player for 2 and kills a planeswalker or creature tapped for mana — all stapled to a 3/3 body for four mana. The catch is the steep double-black, double-red cost, which locks it firmly into dedicated Rakdos shells.
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 |
Rakdos Firewheeler is a Commander card through and through — the format's multiplayer politics make the split targeting (one player, one permanent) genuinely flexible, and ETB-repeat engines like Panharmonicon or flicker effects let the card punch above its station. In competitive 1v1 formats like Modern and Legacy, a four-mana 3/3 with a conditional two-damage ping is simply too slow and too fragile; those formats have moved well past this power level. Pioneer is the same story — the format's aggro and midrange threats outclass Firewheeler at every point on the curve. Oathbreaker can find uses for it in a dedicated Rakdos shell, though the format's faster pace narrows the window. Treat Rakdos Firewheeler as a Commander-only inclusion.
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Price Context
Current price
$0.23 bulk tier
At $0.23, Rakdos Firewheeler is deep bulk — easy to acquire as a throw-in or cheap pickup. Bulk rares at this price point rarely climb without a competitive breakout, and nothing in Firewheeler's design suggests that's coming, so buy it for the deck and expect the price to stay right where it is.
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.