Rakdos Roustabout
Creature — Ogre Warrior
Whenever this creature becomes blocked, it deals 1 damage to the player or planeswalker it's attacking.
- CMC
- 3
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- BR
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Ravnica Allegiance
- Price
- $0.05
- EDHREC rank
- #25262
Rakdos Roustabout is a 3/1 menace for two mana that punishes opponents for blocking — whenever it becomes blocked, the blocking player loses 3 life. The aggressive statline and built-in chip damage make it a legitimate threat in decks that want to push through combat, not a filler slot.
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 | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Rakdos Roustabout is a Pauper-legal common, and that's where it sees the most competitive consideration — aggressive Rakdos lists can use the menace plus life-loss trigger to close games before opponents stabilize. In Commander, it fits narrow aggro or Rakdos combat-damage decks but competes against higher-impact threats at the same cost, so it only earns a slot when the deck specifically rewards creatures that are difficult to chump. Modern and Pioneer have enough redundancy at two mana that Rakdos Roustabout rarely makes the cut outside of budget builds.
Key Combos
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Price Context
Current price
$0.05 bulk tier
At $0.05, Rakdos Roustabout is deep bulk — zero financial risk to pick up a playset. Bulk commons at this price point don't move unless a format breaks them, and nothing on the horizon points that direction.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.