Traitor's Roar
Sorcery
Tap target untapped creature. It deals damage equal to its power to its controller.
Conspire (As you cast this spell, you may tap two untapped creatures you control that share a color with it. When you do, copy it and you may choose a new target for the copy.)
- CMC
- 5
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- BR
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Shadowmoor
- Price
- $0.22
- EDHREC rank
- #26673
Traitor's Roar taps a creature an opponent controls and drains each opponent for 2 life — meaningful board disruption and life swing on a single card. The three-mana cost is fair for the effect, but it only earns a slot in decks that specifically reward tapping permanents or life drain triggers.
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 |
In Commander, Traitor's Roar is a niche role-player: the tap effect disrupts an opponent's best blocker or utility creature at instant speed, and the two-life drain scales respectably across three or four opponents for a six-to-eight-life total swing. Pauper is where Traitor's Roar has the clearest competitive case, slotting into tap-based control or drain strategies where every point of life matters at common rarity. In Legacy, Modern, and Vintage the card is technically legal but far too slow — three mana for a tap-and-drain effect is not remotely competitive in those formats. Oathbreaker can mirror the Commander experience, where planeswalker-centric tap synergies or life-drain signatures make it marginally more interesting.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.22 bulk tier
At $0.22, Traitor's Roar is pure bulk — easy to pick up in a trade binder or toss into a cart without thinking about it. The price is unlikely to move in either direction given its narrow appeal and common print run.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.