Ravenous Squirrel
Creature — Squirrel
Whenever you sacrifice an artifact or creature, put a +1/+1 counter on this creature.
, Sacrifice an artifact or creature: You gain 1 life and draw a card.
- CMC
- 1
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- BG
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Jumpstart: Historic Horizons
- Price
- —
- EDHREC rank
- #2817
Ravenous Squirrel turns every token, Food, or artifact sacrifice into a permanent +1/+1 counter, and pairs with Animation Module to snowball counters into more tokens into more counters on a single mana investment. Camellia, the Seedmiser decks run it as a primary threat — it's the card that converts a board full of Squirrel tokens into a lethal clock.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Camellia, the Seedmiser
Camellia, the Seedmiser generates a Squirrel token on nearly every spell cast, and Ravenous Squirrel converts that constant token production directly into +1/+1 counters, growing into a must-answer threat within a few turns.
Hazel of the Rootbloom
Hazel of the Rootbloom cares about counters and tokens reinforcing each other, and Ravenous Squirrel sits at the exact intersection — every token sacrificed adds a counter, and every counter Hazel distributes makes the Squirrel hit harder.
Chatterfang, Squirrel General
Chatterfang, Squirrel General doubles token production, which means Ravenous Squirrel has an effectively unlimited supply of bodies to eat and grow from, turning the token flood into a single massive threat.
Gyome, Master Chef
Gyome, Master Chef churns out Food tokens every turn, and Ravenous Squirrel turns each sacrificed Food into a +1/+1 counter, cleanly converting Gyome's passive output into a threat that scales all game.
Ygra, Eater of All
Ygra, Eater of All makes every creature a Food, and Ravenous Squirrel is a free counter sink whenever anything dies — the two together mean each creature leaving the battlefield contributes to an ever-growing attacker.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | not legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Commander is where Ravenous Squirrel does its best work — token-heavy and sacrifice-matters shells generate the raw material it needs turn after turn, and 100-card decks have room for the support pieces like Animation Module that push it from good to engine. In Legacy and Vintage, it's legal but competes with far more efficient threats and doesn't have a clear home in any established shell. Modern is the same story: the card isn't banned, but dedicated sacrifice or counter synergy decks have stronger options at the same cost. Ravenous Squirrel is, in practice, a Commander card.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Animation ModuleAshnod's AltarRavenous Squirrel
Infinite +1/+1 counters on a creature; Infinite colorless mana; Infinite death triggers; Infinite ETB; Infinite LTB; Infinite sacrifice triggers
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Animation ModulePhyrexian AltarRavenous Squirrel
Infinite +1/+1 counters on a creature; Infinite death triggers; Infinite ETB; Infinite LTB; Infinite sacrifice triggers
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Animation ModuleKrark-Clan IronworksRavenous Squirrel
Infinite +1/+1 counters on a creature; Infinite colorless mana; Infinite death triggers; Infinite ETB; Infinite LTB; Infinite sacrifice triggers
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Current price
unknown tier
Pricing data isn't available at the moment for Ravenous Squirrel, so check Scryfall or TCGplayer for a current number. Given its narrow application and the volume of copies in circulation from its original printing, it has historically sat at bulk-rare territory — worth picking up for any deck that wants it without much financial risk.
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Sources
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.