Serum Raker
Creature — Phyrexian Drake
Flying
When this creature dies, each player discards a card.
- CMC
- 4
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- U
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Mirrodin Besieged
- Price
- $0.03
- EDHREC rank
- #29866
Serum Raker is a three-mana 2/2 flyer that replaces itself when it dies — passable stats, forgettable rate. The card draw trigger is real, but blue has better options at every point on this curve.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | not legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Serum Raker sees no meaningful competitive play in Legacy, Modern, or Vintage — those formats demand far more efficiency than a 2/2 that draws a card on death. In Pauper, the common card pool tightens the competition, but blue still has stronger cheap flyers and looters that don't require a death trigger to generate value. Commander is the most hospitable home, where the slower pace lets Serum Raker trade into something and cash in the replacement effect, though it still sits below the power threshold most blue decks demand.
Key Combos
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Price Context
Current price
$0.03 bulk tier
At $0.03, Serum Raker is pure bulk — the kind of card you pull from a common box without thinking twice. That price won't move; the demand simply isn't there to push it higher.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.