Time Reaper
Creature — Alien Horror
Flying, haste
Consume Anomaly — Whenever this creature deals combat damage to a player, put target face-up card they own in exile on the bottom of their library. If you do, you gain 3 life.
- CMC
- 5
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- B
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- Doctor Who
- Price
- $0.21
- EDHREC rank
- #20469
Time Reaper hits the board and immediately threatens to eat any creature with a counter on it — proliferate decks, +1/+1 synergies, and even planeswalker-heavy tables are on notice the moment it resolves. Five mana for a 4/4 with a repeatable exile effect is a real rate, and the self-replacing draw stapled to each activation keeps you from trading down.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | not legal |
| pioneer | not legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Commander is where Time Reaper earns its slot — the format is saturated with counters, from Atraxa, Praetors' Voice proliferate builds to the countless commanders that distribute +1/+1 counters as a core mechanic, giving Time Reaper a wide field of targets every game. Legacy and Vintage are both legal, but the competition at five mana in those formats is brutal and targeted exile rarely clears the bar over faster interaction; Time Reaper won't see serious play in either. Oathbreaker is legal and the counter-heavy environment there mirrors Commander closely enough that the same logic applies.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.21 bulk tier
At $0.21, Time Reaper is firmly bulk — you're picking this up out of a commons box, not a singles binder. Bulk rares with narrow-but-real utility tend to stay in this range unless a breakout commander pushes demand, so don't expect movement.
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Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.