Strongbox Raider
Creature — Orc Pirate
Raid — When this creature enters, if you attacked this turn, exile the top two cards of your library. Choose one of them. Until the end of your next turn, you may play that card.
- CMC
- 4
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- R
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Foundations
- Price
- $0.11
- EDHREC rank
- #20776
Strongbox Raider puts a body on the board that grows every time you draw extra cards — in Commander, that means it gets out of hand fast. The three-mana entry cost is fair for what becomes a recurring threat in any deck built around card draw.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | legal |
| standard | legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Commander is where Strongbox Raider does its best work — the format's abundance of wheel effects, cantrips, and draw-doubling commanders means the Raider's counters stack without any dedicated support. In 60-card formats like Modern and Pioneer, the three-mana cost and dependency on drawing multiple cards per turn make it too slow for most competitive contexts, where that slot wants a threat that closes games on its own. Standard and Legacy are theoretically legal homes, but neither format has a compelling enough draw-matters shell to justify the slot over faster alternatives.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.11 bulk tier
At $0.11, Strongbox Raider sits firmly in bulk territory — the kind of card you pick up as a throw-in or pull from a draft chaff box without thinking twice. Bulk rares in synergy-dependent roles rarely climb unless a new commander pushes the archetype into the spotlight, so don't expect movement.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.