Rhizome Lurcher
Creature — Fungus Zombie
Undergrowth — This creature enters with a number of +1/+1 counters on it equal to the number of creature cards in your graveyard.
- CMC
- 4
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- BG
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Guilds of Ravnica
- Price
- $0.19
- EDHREC rank
- #17208
Rhizome Lurcher enters as a creature whose power and toughness each equal the number of creature cards in all graveyards, which means a mid-to-late game board can easily put an 8/8 or larger into play for four mana. The ceiling is real, but the floor is a 0/0 that dies immediately if graveyards are empty — it lives and dies by context.
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 | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
In Commander, Rhizome Lurcher is a graveyard-size payoff that scales with four players' worth of dead creatures, so by turn five or six it routinely enters as a double-digit threat for four mana. Pauper is where it sees the most competitive play, slotting into Dimir or Sultai graveyard strategies where the common card pool makes a massive, evasion-free beater genuinely threatening. In Modern and Pioneer, the competition at four mana is too steep — Rhizome Lurcher offers no ETB, no evasion, and no protection, so dedicated graveyard decks have better options. Legacy and Vintage have no interest; the power level gap is too wide.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.19 bulk tier
At $0.19, Rhizome Lurcher sits firmly in bulk territory — pick it up for pennies at any card shop. Bulk rares with niche graveyard applications rarely climb without a specific competitive breakout, so don't expect movement.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.