Razor Swine
Creature — Phyrexian Boar
First strike
Infect (This creature deals damage to creatures in the form of -1/-1 counters and to players in the form of poison counters.)
- CMC
- 3
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- R
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- New Phyrexia
- Price
- $0.08
- EDHREC rank
- #20047
Razor Swine is a 2/2 first strike creature for three mana with no enters-the-battlefield effect, no scaling, and no evasion — that's a bad deal at every table. First strike on a 2/2 stops exactly nothing in Commander, and three mana buys far more threatening bodies elsewhere.
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 | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Razor Swine is legal in Commander, Legacy, Modern, Vintage, Pauper, and Oathbreaker, but that breadth doesn't translate to relevance. In Pauper it competes directly with commons that offer better stats, relevant abilities, or both — three mana for a 2/2 first strike with no other text doesn't make the cut. In Commander the power floor is simply too high for Razor Swine to earn a slot outside of strict tribal Pig builds, and even there it's filler. Legacy and Vintage are non-starters.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.08 bulk tier
At $0.08, Razor Swine sits firmly in bulk — the kind of card that ends up in a commons box, not a cart. There's no demand driver here, so that price is a ceiling as much as a floor.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.