Rakshasa Gravecaller
Creature — Demon
Exploit (When this creature enters, you may sacrifice a creature.)
When this creature exploits a creature, create two 2/2 black Zombie creature tokens.
- CMC
- 5
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- B
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Dragons of Tarkir
- Price
- $0.13
- EDHREC rank
- #23262
Rakshasa Gravecaller drops two 2/2 Zombie tokens whenever you sacrifice a creature, stapling a token engine directly onto a 3/6 deathtouch body. The catch is a steep five mana, which means it needs a deck built around sacrifice synergies to justify the slot — in the right shell, it absolutely does.
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 |
Rakshasa Gravecaller is a Commander card through and through — the five-mana investment is viable in a 40-life format where games go long enough to capitalize on a sustained sacrifice engine. In Modern and Pioneer, a five-mana creature that doesn't close the game immediately rarely competes with the format's speed, and dedicated sacrifice shells in those formats have tighter, cheaper payoffs available. Legacy and Vintage don't want it either; the raw power ceiling is too low for formats defined by broken spells and fast mana. Commander remains the clear home, specifically in Zombie tribal or aristocrats builds where Rakshasa Gravecaller's token generation compounds over multiple turns.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.13 bulk tier
At $0.13, Rakshasa Gravecaller is deep bulk — you're picking up real token generation for essentially nothing. The price is unlikely to move given the card's narrow Commander application, but that also means there's no wrong time to buy in for a sacrifice deck.
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.