Rowdy Crew
Creature — Human Pirate
Trample
When this creature enters, draw three cards, then discard two cards at random. If two cards that share a card type are discarded this way, put two +1/+1 counters on this creature.
- CMC
- 4
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- R
- Rarity
- mythic
- Set
- Ixalan
- Price
- $0.33
- EDHREC rank
- #22376
Rowdy Crew enters as a 3/3 that draws three cards and discards two at random — net one card, with trample and haste stapled on if you discard two creatures. The randomness on the discard is the catch, and in most shells it makes Rowdy Crew a worse option than any looting effect that lets you choose what to pitch.
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 |
Rowdy Crew is a Commander card — the randomness on a four-mana 3/3 is simply too punishing for the focused, redundancy-driven environments of Legacy, Modern, or Pioneer, where it sees effectively zero play. In Commander, the calculus is more forgiving: the card is a Pirate for tribal synergy, replaces itself, and can swing the turn it lands, which clears the baseline floor for a four-drop in a 100-card deck. Outside of graveyard or discard-synergy builds, though, there are cleaner draw-four sources at the same cost, so Rowdy Crew is a role-player rather than a staple even in the format where it belongs.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.33 bulk tier
At $0.33, Rowdy Crew is bulk, and that price is stable — there's no competitive demand pulling it up and no reprint risk pushing it further down. Pick it up freely if the synergy fits; there's no reason to hesitate at this price point.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.