Reptilian Recruiter
Creature — Lizard Warrior
Trample
When this creature enters, choose target creature. If that creature's power is 2 or less or if you control another Lizard, gain control of that creature until end of turn, untap it, and it gains haste until end of turn.
- CMC
- 5
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- R
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Bloomburrow
- Price
- $0.13
- EDHREC rank
- #13125
Reptilian Recruiter drops onto the battlefield and immediately tutors a Lizard straight to hand, making it a one-card engine starter the moment it resolves. The cost is a three-mana 2/1 body — acceptable in tribal shells, irrelevant in anything else.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Gev, Scaled Scorch
Gev, Scaled Scorch wants a deep Lizard bench, and Reptilian Recruiter guarantees you find whatever piece is missing — whether that's a payoff, a combo enabler, or the next threat in the chain.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | legal |
| standard | legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Reptilian Recruiter is a Commander card through and through — tribal tutors only matter when you're building around a creature type, and 100-card singleton is where that payoff is most consistent. In competitive 60-card formats like Modern or Pioneer, a three-mana 2/1 that fetches one card to hand is too slow and too narrow; Lizards have no meaningful footprint in those formats anyway. Standard is legal but irrelevant for the same reason. Commander is the only context where you'd register this.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.13 bulk tier
At $0.13, Reptilian Recruiter is bulk — pick it up without thinking. Tribal tutors this specific rarely spike unless the tribe breaks out, so don't expect movement, but there's no reason not to own copies at this price.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.