Undercover Butler
Creature — Human Rogue
Whenever this creature attacks the player with the most life or tied for most life, it can't be blocked this turn.
- CMC
- 3
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- BU
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Ravnica: Clue Edition
- Price
- $0.13
- EDHREC rank
- #27967
Undercover Butler enters disguised as a 2/2 for three mana, then reveals itself to generate a meaningful effect — the payoff is real, but the three-mana floor puts it in competition with more efficient options. Run it if your deck rewards the disguise mechanic or needs the specific trigger; skip it otherwise.
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 the only realistic home for Undercover Butler — the disguise mechanic rewards slower, multiplayer games where the bluff has time to matter. Legacy and Vintage are both legal but offer no reason to run it; those formats move too fast for a three-mana 2/2 with a conditional payoff to matter. Oathbreaker shares Commander's slower pace but the smaller deck size and tighter win conditions make the slot hard to justify unless the deck is explicitly built around morph and disguise synergies.
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Price Context
Current price
$0.13 bulk tier
At $0.13, Undercover Butler is deep bulk — you're not paying for power, you're paying for the effect. Bulk rares and uncommons at this price tier rarely recover value unless a new mechanic or commander pushes sudden demand, so treat it as a pure gameplay pick.
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.