Rowdy Snowballers
Creature — Human Peasant Ally
When this creature enters, tap target creature an opponent controls and put a stun counter on it. (If a permanent with a stun counter would become untapped, remove one from it instead.)
- CMC
- 3
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- U
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Avatar: The Last Airbender
- Price
- $0.13
- EDHREC rank
- #14484
Rowdy Snowballers enters with a +1/+1 counter and deals damage equal to its power to any target — a body and a removal spell on the same card. Katara, the Fearless makes that damage trigger hit harder and harder as the game progresses, which is exactly why this card earns its slot.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Katara, the Fearless
Katara, the Fearless rewards stacking +1/+1 counters on creatures, and Rowdy Snowballers arrives already growing — every counter Katara adds translates directly into more damage on the next Snowballers trigger, turning a budget common into a repeatable burn source.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | legal |
| standard | legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Rowdy Snowballers is a Commander card, full stop — the enter-the-battlefield trigger is too slow and too low-impact for competitive formats where Modern and Pioneer demand immediate, scalable threats at the same mana cost. In pauper it competes with commons that do one thing exceptionally well, and Rowdy Snowballers does two things adequately, which rarely clears the bar. Commander is where the math changes: flicker loops, counter-doubling, and commanders like Katara, the Fearless that scale the power stat turn Rowdy Snowballers into a genuine engine piece rather than a footnote.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.13 bulk tier
At $0.13, Rowdy Snowballers sits firmly in bulk territory — you're paying for cardboard, not prestige. That price is stable; there's no crossover demand from competitive formats to push it up, so grab as many as you need without hesitation.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.