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Vorinclex, Monstrous Raider

Legendary Creature — Phyrexian Praetor

Trample, haste
If you would put one or more counters on a permanent or player, put twice that many of each of those kinds of counters on that permanent or player instead.
If an opponent would put one or more counters on a permanent or player, they put half that many of each of those kinds of counters on that permanent or player instead, rounded down.

CMC
6
Mana cost
{4}{G}{G}
Color identity
G
Rarity
mythic
Set
Kaldheim Promos
Price
$52.09
EDHREC rank
#1193
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Vorinclex, Monstrous Raider card art
Vorinclex, Monstrous Raider lands on an 8/8 trampling haste body that immediately warps every planeswalker on the board — doubling your loyalty additions and halving your opponents' — and the disruption is passive, requiring zero setup. The cost is eight mana and a green-heavy pip requirement, but Carth the Lion and Vraska, Betrayal's Sting are among a long list of commanders that consider that a bargain.

Best Commanders

Commanders with the highest synergy

01
Carth the Lion

Carth the Lion

55.6% of decks · synergy 0.53

Carth the Lion's static ability already finds and upgrades planeswalkers; Vorinclex, Monstrous Raider stacks on top to double every loyalty counter Carth generates, turning planeswalkers that normally take three or four activations to ultimate into two-turn threats.

02
Agent Frank Horrigan

Agent Frank Horrigan

34.3% of decks · synergy 0.32

Agent Frank Horrigan scales on +1/+1 counters, and Vorinclex, Monstrous Raider doubles every counter that lands on him — including triggers from combat and support abilities — so the stat floor for Horrigan effectively doubles the moment Vorinclex enters.

03
Minsc & Boo, Timeless Heroes

Minsc & Boo, Timeless Heroes

28.2% of decks · synergy 0.26

Minsc & Boo, Timeless Heroes generates and spends counters on Boo constantly, and Vorinclex, Monstrous Raider doubles those planeswalker loyalty additions, accelerating the ultimate on a commander that wants to stay active across multiple turns.

04
Bristly Bill, Spine Sower

Bristly Bill, Spine Sower

30.9% of decks · synergy 0.25

Bristly Bill, Spine Sower turns every land drop into a +1/+1 counter trigger, and Vorinclex, Monstrous Raider doubles each of those counters — what was incremental board growth becomes geometric scaling over just a few turns.

05
Cleopatra, Exiled Pharaoh

Cleopatra, Exiled Pharaoh

25.1% of decks · synergy 0.23

Cleopatra, Exiled Pharaoh runs heavily on counter accumulation across multiple permanent types, and Vorinclex, Monstrous Raider's doubling effect applies broadly enough that nearly every counter-based trigger in the deck gets amplified the moment it enters.

Format Analysis

Where it lives, where it can’t

FormatVerdict
commander legal
legacy legal
modern legal
pioneer legal
standard not legal
vintage legal
pauper not legal
oathbreaker legal

Commander is the natural home for Vorinclex, Monstrous Raider — the format's multiplayer structure means the halving effect hits two or three opponents simultaneously, and the long game gives green ramp decks the time to reach eight mana without strain. In Legacy and Vintage it's technically legal but irrelevant; eight mana is a different universe in those formats, and the planeswalker disruption rarely lines up with what those decks are trying to do. Modern and Pioneer allow it, but the same ceiling applies — Vorinclex, Monstrous Raider is a powerful card that demands a slow format, and Commander is the only place that reliably provides that.

Key Combos

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Budget Alternatives

Cheaper options that do most of the same work

Doubling Season is the closest functional replacement for the counter-doubling half of Vorinclex, Monstrous Raider — it covers planeswalkers and token generation without the body, and at roughly $40 it's cheaper without fully replicating the haste clock or the opponent-disruption effect. If the goal is specifically slowing down opposing planeswalkers, Vorinclex stays irreplaceable; if it's just accelerating your own loyalty counters, Doubling Season or Deepglow Skate handle the job at a lower rate.

Price Context

Current price

$52.09 premium tier

At $52.09, Vorinclex, Monstrous Raider sits firmly in premium single territory — a price driven by a unique effect that appears on no other creature at this mana cost. It's a stable hold rather than a volatile spike; the effect is narrow enough to keep casual demand measured but powerful enough in counter-heavy Commander builds that the floor stays elevated.

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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.