Woodripper
Creature — Beast
Fading 3 (This creature enters with three fade counters on it. At the beginning of your upkeep, remove a fade counter from it. If you can't, sacrifice it.)
, Remove a fade counter from this creature: Destroy target artifact.
- CMC
- 5
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- G
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Nemesis
- Price
- $0.18
- EDHREC rank
- #29347
Woodripper enters and destroys an artifact or enchantment — no mana activation, no condition, just a 3/3 body stapled to unconditional permanent removal. Five mana is the honest cost for that combination, and in Commander that rate is good enough to run.
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 where Woodripper actually belongs — the format's density of artifacts and enchantments means the enters-the-battlefield trigger almost never whiffs, and any blink or bounce effect turns it into a repeatable removal engine. Legacy and Vintage are legal on paper but the competition at five mana is brutal; Woodripper doesn't survive contact with those formats in practice. Oathbreaker follows the same logic as Commander at smaller scale: the trigger is still live, the body is still relevant, and the slot is easier to justify in a 60-card singleton environment.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.18 bulk tier
At $0.18, Woodripper is deep bulk — the kind of card you pick out of a dollar box without thinking twice. Bulk rare removal pieces don't tend to spike unless a combo surfaces, and nothing about this card's text points there, so expect it to stay at this price floor.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.