Weaselback Redcap
Creature — Goblin Knight
: This creature gets +2/+0 until end of turn.
- CMC
- 1
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- R
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Jumpstart 2022
- Price
- $0.04
- EDHREC rank
- #19974
Weaselback Redcap is a one-mana 1/1 with haste that untaps a creature when it attacks — cheap, disposable, and purpose-built for combo and untap engines. Outside of those specific shells, there's nothing here worth a deck slot.
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 |
Weaselback Redcap is a fringe card in every format it's legal in, and that's most of them — Commander, Legacy, Modern, Pioneer, Vintage, Pauper, and Oathbreaker. In Commander, it earns a spot in dedicated untap-combo decks that chain creatures together for infinite loops or tap-for-value engines. In Pauper it's a legal one-drop aggro body, but a 1/1 with haste and a conditional untap trigger is well below the format's power floor. Everywhere else, the competition at one mana is too steep for a creature this narrow to see serious play.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.04 bulk tier
At $0.04, Weaselback Redcap is deep bulk — you're essentially getting it for free in any order. Bulk commons with narrow combo applications tend to stay at this floor indefinitely, so there's no reason to think twice about the price in either direction.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.