Rubblebelt Maverick
Creature — Human Detective
When this creature enters, surveil 2. (Look at the top two cards of your library, then put any number of them into your graveyard and the rest on top of your library in any order.)
, Exile this card from your graveyard: Put a +1/+1 counter on target creature. Activate only as a sorcery.
- CMC
- 1
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- G
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Murders at Karlov Manor
- Price
- $0.15
- EDHREC rank
- #17522
Rubblebelt Maverick enters with a +1/+1 counter for each creature that attacked this turn, making it a threat that scales directly with how aggressive your board already is. The catch is the cost — it demands both convoke and delve, so you need a stocked graveyard and a wide board simultaneously, which is exactly why Hogaak, Arisen Necropolis decks treat it as a natural fit rather than a strain.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Hogaak, Arisen Necropolis
Hogaak, Arisen Necropolis already demands a full graveyard and a creature-dense board to cast its commander repeatedly, so Rubblebelt Maverick slots in without changing the deck's resource equation — it just converts that same graveyard fuel and token count into a self-sizing beater that grows larger the turn Hogaak's attack triggers fire.
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 |
In Commander, Rubblebelt Maverick earns its slot in graveyard-centric or token-swarm decks that can reliably feed both convoke and delve on the same turn — outside those shells, the dual cost is too conditional to justify a roster spot. In competitive Constructed formats like Modern and Legacy, it sits below the power threshold; dedicated graveyard decks there have faster, more consistent payoffs and don't need a four-mana creature that depends on prior attacks. Pioneer and Standard offer the friendliest non-Commander home, where graveyard synergy decks are more evenly matched and a mid-game threat that arrives as a 5/5 or larger can close games before answers appear. Pauper legality makes it technically available at common, but aggressive graveyard builds in that format prioritize cheaper, more redundant threats. The card's ceiling is Commander, full stop.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.15 bulk tier
At $0.15, Rubblebelt Maverick is pure bulk — the kind of card you pick up as a throw-in without thinking about it. Bulk rares with narrow conditions rarely climb unless a new commander pushes them into competitive demand, so treat this as a role-player acquisition, not a spec.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.