Rakdos Shred-Freak
Creature — Human Berserker
Haste
- CMC
- 2
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- BR
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- RNA Guild Kit
- Price
- $0.20
- EDHREC rank
- #23559
Rakdos Shred-Freak is a 2/1 haste for two mana — it attacks the turn it lands, but that's the whole resume. A vanilla beater with no enters-the-battlefield effect, no upside on death, and no text beyond haste is a hard sell in any format with better options at this cost.
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 Shred-Freak is legal across Commander, Legacy, Modern, Pioneer, Vintage, Pauper, and Oathbreaker, but legality isn't the same as playability. In Pauper it's the most competitive home — aggressive Rakdos shells sometimes want every haste body available — though even there it sits at the margins. In Modern and Pioneer, two mana for a 2/1 with no text is simply below rate; Monastery Swiftspear and similar threats do more work for the same or less. In Commander, Rakdos Shred-Freak is nearly unplayable — a single point of damage spread across four opponents on turn two does nothing, and 100-card singleton formats have no shortage of better two-drops.
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Price Context
Current price
$0.20 bulk tier
At $0.20, Rakdos Shred-Freak is deep bulk — the price reflects exactly what it does. Don't expect movement; vanilla commons with no constructed pedigree sit at this floor indefinitely.
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.