Rubblebelt Maaka
Creature — Cat
Bloodrush — 
, Discard this card: Target attacking creature gets +3/+3 until end of turn.
- CMC
- 4
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- R
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Dragon's Maze
- Price
- $0.04
- EDHREC rank
- #20825
Rubblebelt Maaka puts +3/+3 on a creature for zero mana at instant speed — the cost is that it's stapled to a 3/3 body you have to cast or already have in hand. That zero-mana pump is the entire reason it exists; the cat is incidental.
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, Rubblebelt Maaka earns its slot only in dedicated Bloodrush or combat-trick strategies — Wulfgar of Icewind Dale and similar attack-step commanders get the most out of the zero-mana activation, but even there it competes with effects that scale harder. Pauper is where Rubblebelt Maaka sees the most legitimate play, functioning as a free pump spell in aggressive red decks that can threaten lethal out of nowhere. In Legacy, Modern, and Pioneer the card is technically legal but simply outclassed — the formats move too fast and the body adds nothing to a spell-slot calculation. Vintage has no realistic use case here.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.04 bulk tier
At $0.04, Rubblebelt Maaka is deep bulk — you're paying for cardboard and postage, not the card. That price holds; there's no pressure pushing it up, and the Pauper demand that does exist is already priced in.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.