Rose, Cutthroat Raider
Legendary Artifact Creature — Robot
First strike
Raid — At end of combat on your turn, if you attacked this turn, create a Junk token for each opponent you attacked. (It's an artifact with "
, Sacrifice this token: Exile the top card of your library. You may play that card this turn. Activate only as a sorcery.")
Whenever you sacrifice a Junk, add 
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- CMC
- 4
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- R
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- Fallout
- Price
- —
- EDHREC rank
- #4345
Rose, Cutthroat Raider turns every combat into a resource engine — deal combat damage, loot and create a Treasure, and you're already ahead before the turn ends. The real ceiling is pairing her with Aggravated Assault: recurring combat steps mean recurring loot and Treasures, and Pia Nalaar, Consul of Revival turns those artifacts into a full attack economy.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Pia Nalaar, Consul of Revival
Pia Nalaar, Consul of Revival is the premier home for Rose, Cutthroat Raider because Pia's ability to sacrifice artifacts for pump and evasion syncs directly with the Treasures Rose generates, turning each combat damage trigger into a self-fueling aggro engine.
Jaws, Relentless Predator
Jaws, Relentless Predator rewards attacking, and Rose, Cutthroat Raider stacks on top — every hit nets a Treasure to power Jaws's activated abilities while the loot keeps the hand from running dry in a damage-hungry deck.
Gimbal, Gremlin Prodigy
Gimbal, Gremlin Prodigy scales off artifacts entering the battlefield, so the Treasures Rose, Cutthroat Raider produces on each hit directly grow Gimbal's board and feed the artifact-count payoffs the deck is built around.
Dr. Eggman
Dr. Eggman floods the board with artifact tokens and punishes opponents for breaking them, and Rose, Cutthroat Raider's Treasure generation slots cleanly into that density while the looting keeps the combo hand consistent.
Caesar, Legion's Emperor
Caesar, Legion's Emperor triggers off sending creatures to their deaths and building wide boards, and Rose, Cutthroat Raider adds Treasure mana and card selection to that strategy — every attacking creature that connects just makes the war machine larger.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | not legal |
| pioneer | not legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Commander is where Rose, Cutthroat Raider earns her keep — the combination of looting and Treasure generation on combat damage is exactly the kind of incremental advantage that compounds over a long multiplayer game. She's legal in Legacy and Vintage as well, but a 3/2 for three that requires combat damage to do anything doesn't survive contact with those formats' removal density. Oathbreaker can support her in aggressive artifact builds, though the shorter game length means the value engine has less time to pay off. Everywhere outside Commander, she's an interesting card without a competitive home.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Rose, Cutthroat RaiderAggravated AssaultKrark-Clan Ironworks
Exile your library with the ability to play the exiled cards until end of turn; Infinite Junk tokens; Infinite colorless mana; Infinite combat phases; Infinite mana creatures you control can produce; Infinite red mana; Infinite untap of creatures you control
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Duchess, Wayward TavernkeepRose, Cutthroat RaiderQuest for Pure FlameReckless Fireweaver
Infinite damage; Exile your library with the ability to play the exiled cards until end of turn
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Duchess, Wayward TavernkeepRose, Cutthroat RaiderQuest for Pure FlameIngenious Artillerist
Infinite damage; Exile your library with the ability to play the exiled cards until end of turn
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Duchess, Wayward TavernkeepRose, Cutthroat RaiderQuest for Pure FlameHedron Detonator
Exile your library with the ability to play the exiled cards until end of turn; Infinite damage
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Duchess, Wayward TavernkeepRose, Cutthroat RaiderQuest for Pure FlameWeftstalker Ardent
Infinite damage; Exile your library with the ability to play the exiled cards until end of turn
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Current price
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Current pricing data for Rose, Cutthroat Raider isn't available in the system, so check Scryfall or TCGPlayer for a live number before buying. Given her strong synergy scores in artifact-aggro commanders, she's worth picking up if the price is low — engines that generate both card selection and mana on combat damage tend to hold value in Commander staple territory.
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Sources
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.