Vengeful Rebel
Creature — Aetherborn Warrior
Revolt — When this creature enters, if a permanent left the battlefield under your control this turn, target creature an opponent controls gets -3/-3 until end of turn.
- CMC
- 3
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- B
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Kaladesh Remastered
- Price
- —
- EDHREC rank
- #27317
Vengeful Rebel enters the battlefield and immediately puts a -3/-3 counter on an opponent's creature — no hoops, no mana investment beyond the cast, just a body that kills most utility creatures on arrival. The rebel creature type is incidental upside; the real reason to run it is that three toughness is the threshold for most mana dorks, hatebears, and value engines, and Vengeful Rebel clears that line the turn it shows up.
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 | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Commander is where Vengeful Rebel earns its slot — specifically in decks that care about the revolt trigger, which fires reliably in a format built around fetches, sacrifice outlets, and recursive permanents. Outside Commander, it sees essentially no competitive play in Legacy, Modern, or Pioneer, where a three-mana 2/3 with a conditional enters-the-battlefield effect is far too slow and the revolt condition too inconsistent without dedicated enablers. Oathbreaker shares enough overlap with Commander's card pool that the same shells apply, but the 20-life starting total makes creature removal even more impactful per card.
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Price Context
Current price
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Price data isn't available for Vengeful Rebel at the moment, so check Scryfall or TCGPlayer for a current figure. Given its narrow competitive footprint, it has historically sat in bulk-to-near-bulk range — pick it up without hesitation if you need the effect.
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.