Teeterpeak Ambusher
Creature — Goblin Warrior
: This creature gets +2/+0 until end of turn.
- CMC
- 2
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- R
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Zendikar Rising
- Price
- $0.04
- EDHREC rank
- #22717
Teeterpeak Ambusher enters as a 4/3 with haste and flash for four mana — solid stats with immediate attack potential and surprise blocking. The ceiling is real in aggressive red strategies, but four mana is a crowded slot and the body doesn't do enough on its own to demand a slot outside dedicated synergy builds.
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 |
Teeterpeak Ambusher is a fringe card in most formats — the stats are fine but not exceptional at four mana in any competitive context. In Commander, it finds a home in aggressive red strategies that reward bodies entering at instant speed, particularly Goblin or Warrior tribal builds that want flash threats on defense and haste attackers on offense. Pauper is the one format where its raw stats-per-mana ratio matters most, and it can pull real weight in red aggro or tempo shells there. In Modern and Pioneer, four mana is simply too slow for what's a vanilla-adjacent threat with no enters-the-battlefield effect or built-in resilience.
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Price Context
Current price
$0.04 bulk tier
At $0.04, Teeterpeak Ambusher is pure bulk — no financial floor to speak of, and nothing in its design profile suggests that changes. Pick it up for any synergy build without a second thought; at this price, the only cost is a deck slot.
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Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.