Volcanic Rambler
Creature — Elemental
: This creature deals 1 damage to target player or planeswalker.
- CMC
- 6
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- R
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Magic Origins
- Price
- $0.05
- EDHREC rank
- #28563
Volcanic Rambler is a six-mana 4/4 that pings any target for 1 damage at the end of each turn — a slow, low-impact clock that competes for a slot against creatures that actually close games. The activation requirement and stat line don't justify the cost in any competitive context.
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 |
Volcanic Rambler is legal in Commander, Legacy, Modern, Pioneer, Vintage, Pauper, and Oathbreaker, but legal doesn't mean playable. In Commander, a six-mana 4/4 with a passive one-damage ping is too slow to matter — by turn six you need either a board presence that threatens to win or interaction that stops someone else from doing so, and Volcanic Rambler does neither. In Pauper, where commons compete on efficiency, a vanilla-adjacent six-drop that deals one damage per turn end can't keep up with the format's tempo. Across every other 60-card format, the combination of mana cost and marginal effect keeps it firmly off the table.
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Price Context
Current price
$0.05 bulk tier
At $0.05, Volcanic Rambler is deep bulk — the kind of card that fills a common box and doesn't move. Nothing in its effect profile suggests demand will push that price upward.
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Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.