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Raptor Hatchling

Creature — Dinosaur

Enrage — Whenever this creature is dealt damage, create a 3/3 green Dinosaur creature token with trample.

CMC
2
Mana cost
{1}{R}
Color identity
R
Rarity
uncommon
Set
Ixalan
Price
$0.27
EDHREC rank
#13468
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Raptor Hatchling card art
Raptor Hatchling turns any damage ping into a 3/3 body, and once you stack Rite of Passage on top, that 3/3 enters with a +1/+1 counter and immediately triggers the Hatchling again — an infinite loop that requires almost no setup. The cost is that without the combo, a 1/1 for two mana that needs to be damaged before it does anything is a liability.

Best Commanders

Commanders with the highest synergy

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Wayta, Trainer Prodigy

Wayta, Trainer Prodigy

33.1% of decks · synergy 0.32

Wayta, Trainer Prodigy pings each creature with power equal to its toughness at the start of combat, which hits Raptor Hatchling for exactly 1 — enough to trigger the Enrage and produce a 3/3 Dinosaur token every single combat step without any additional setup.

Format Analysis

Where it lives, where it can’t

FormatVerdict
commander legal
legacy legal
modern legal
pioneer legal
standard not legal
vintage legal
pauper not legal
oathbreaker legal

Raptor Hatchling is a Commander card through and through — the Enrage trigger is too slow and too conditional to compete in Legacy, Modern, or Pioneer, where a two-mana 1/1 with no immediate board impact gets outpaced before it ever connects. In Commander, the multiplayer pacing and abundance of damage-based effects give Raptor Hatchling the time and the tools it needs, and Dinosaur tribal shells provide redundant Enrage enablers that make the loop consistent. Oathbreaker can support it in the right Enrage shell, but the smaller format and faster clock narrow the window considerably.

Key Combos

Combo lines featuring this card

Price Context

Current price

$0.27 bulk tier

At $0.27, Raptor Hatchling is deep bulk — a throw-in rare that costs next to nothing to acquire. Combo pieces that require a specific partner card to do anything rarely hold above bulk pricing, so don't expect that to change.

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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.