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Slash, Reptile Rampager

Legendary Creature — Mutant Berserker Turtle

Alliance — Whenever another creature you control enters, Slash deals 2 damage to each opponent.
Whenever Slash attacks, create a 2/2 red Mutant creature token.

CMC
5
Mana cost
{3}{R}{R}
Color identity
R
Rarity
rare
Set
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
Price
$2.48
EDHREC rank
#10286
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Slash, Reptile Rampager card art
Slash, Reptile Rampager is a token-doubling engine that converts any mass-token spell into a board that wins on the spot — the same way Storm Herd goes from "a lot of Pegasi" to "twice as many Pegasi" with zero additional mana. The cost is that it only triggers on enter-the-battlefield events, so it does nothing without a steady creature stream, which is exactly why Norin the Wary decks index on it so heavily.

Best Commanders

Commanders with the highest synergy

01
Norin the Wary

Norin the Wary

40.6% of decks · synergy 0.38

Norin the Wary flickers in and out every single turn cycle, and Slash, Reptile Rampager turns each of those re-entries into a free token — the two cards are a self-sustaining loop that generates an ever-growing board without ever spending additional mana or cards.

02
Purphoros, God of the Forge

Purphoros, God of the Forge

21.9% of decks · synergy 0.19

Purphoros, God of the Forge deals 2 damage per creature entering the battlefield, so every token Slash, Reptile Rampager creates off a creature ETB is also a free Purphoros trigger — doubling the damage output of every creature-based play in the deck.

Format Analysis

Where it lives, where it can’t

FormatVerdict
commander legal
legacy legal
modern legal
pioneer legal
standard legal
vintage legal
pauper not legal
oathbreaker legal

Commander is where Slash, Reptile Rampager belongs — creature-ETB decks are common, games go long enough for the token doubling to snowball, and the three-mana cost is easy to accelerate into on turn two or three. In 60-card competitive formats like Modern and Pioneer, it's too slow and too dependent on volume; creature decks there don't want a three-drop that does nothing the turn it resolves. Legacy and Vintage are theoretically legal but have no practical shell for it — the card simply isn't doing anything a powered format cares about.

Key Combos

Combo lines featuring this card

13 decks
Breath of FuryThe Fire CrystalSlash, Reptile Rampager

Breath of FuryThe Fire CrystalSlash, Reptile Rampager

Infinite ETB; Infinite LTB; Infinite combat damage; Infinite combat phases; Infinite damage; Infinite death triggers; Infinite mana creatures you control can produce; Infinite sacrifice triggers; Infinite untap of creatures you control

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Breath of FuryAngerSlash, Reptile Rampager

Breath of FuryAngerSlash, Reptile Rampager

Infinite ETB; Infinite LTB; Infinite combat damage; Infinite combat phases; Infinite damage; Infinite death triggers; Infinite mana creatures you control can produce; Infinite sacrifice triggers; Infinite untap of creatures you control

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Price Context

Current price

$2.48 cheap tier

At $2.48, Slash, Reptile Rampager sits in the cheap tier — low enough to include speculatively, high enough that it's clearly picked up demand from Norin and Purphoros players who know what it does. The price reflects genuine Commander play-pattern demand, so it's unlikely to crater further.

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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.