Ral's Staticaster
Creature — Lizard Wizard
Trample (This creature can deal excess combat damage to the player or planeswalker it's attacking.)
Whenever this creature attacks, if you control a Ral planeswalker, this creature gets +1/+0 for each card in your hand until end of turn.
- CMC
- 4
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- RU
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Guilds of Ravnica
- Price
- $0.12
- EDHREC rank
- #29392
Ral's Staticaster enters tapped and pings any target for one damage whenever you cast an instant — repeatable, no-activation-cost reach stapled to a 1/3 body for three mana. The tap-to-enter clause is the real cost, meaning you miss the first turn it's down, but in any instant-heavy shell it pays for itself within a cycle.
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 |
Commander is the natural home for Ral's Staticaster — instant counts run high, games go long enough for the pings to accumulate, and plenty of token-based threats and utility creatures fold to repeated one-damage ticks. In competitive 60-card formats like Modern and Pioneer it's too slow and too low-impact; dedicated burn decks want damage that closes games, not a 1/3 that drips one at a time. Legacy and Vintage have the same problem at a steeper level of competition. Ral's Staticaster earns a slot in Commander specifically, and only in decks built around instants or pinging synergies — outside that context, even in EDH, it's filler.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.12 bulk tier
At $0.12, Ral's Staticaster is deep bulk — no meaningful price floor to worry about. Pick it up for a few cents if the synergy fits; there's no reason to hesitate at this price tier and no expectation it moves.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.