Rocco, Cabaretti Caterer
Legendary Creature — Elf Druid
When Rocco enters, if you cast it, you may search your library for a creature card with mana value X or less, put it onto the battlefield, then shuffle.
- CMC
- 3
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- GRW
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Streets of New Capenna
- Price
- $0.20
- EDHREC rank
- #5602
Rocco, Cabaretti Caterer turns a commander cast into a creature tutor — pay X extra mana and whatever you find goes straight onto the battlefield, no hand required. The cost scales with your mana development, which means Rocco, Cabaretti Caterer rewards the ramp-heavy Naya shells that Voja, Jaws of the Conclave already wants to run.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Voja, Jaws of the Conclave
Voja, Jaws of the Conclave runs on a steady stream of Elves and Wolves, and Rocco, Cabaretti Caterer lets you skip the tutoring middleman — cast Rocco, name your missing piece, and watch it enter already triggering Voja's draw and pump engine.
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 | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Commander is where Rocco, Cabaretti Caterer does its real work — the singleton format rewards a searchable ETB tutor on a legendary body, and the high-mana games common in EDH mean the X cost regularly reaches meaningful targets. In competitive Commander pods, the ceiling is tutoring a combo piece directly into play at instant-ish speed off a well-timed cast. In 60-card formats like Modern and Pioneer, Rocco is legal but too slow and too narrow: a three-mana 2/2 that costs even more to fire its ability doesn't clear the bar in formats where games end on turn four. Legacy and Vintage have the power density to simply ignore it.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.20 bulk tier
At $0.20, Rocco, Cabaretti Caterer is deep bulk — a tutor effect this clean on a commander would normally carry a real price tag, but low demand outside its Commander niche keeps it on the floor. It's a safe pickup that won't spike, and the current price makes it trivially easy to slot into any Naya creature build.
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Sources
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.