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Rocksteady, Mutant Marauder

Legendary Creature — Rhino Mutant · from $0.28

Partner with Bebop, Skull & Crossbones (When this creature enters, target player may put Bebop into their hand from their library, then shuffle.) Trample Whenever another nontoken creature you control enters, put a +1/+1 counter on target creature.

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A typical Commander deck

A starting template, not a rule — counts to fill in around the commander.

Lands3736–38 for most decks; fewer with cheap curves
Ramp10mana rocks, dorks, land ramp — mostly 2–3 mana
Card draw10repeatable engines beat one-shot cantrips
Targeted removal6answers for creatures AND artifacts/enchantments
Board wipes3sweepers reset boards you've lost
Synergy & win conditions33the deck's actual plan

Staples in these colors

The 100 cards that fit this color identity in the most EDHREC decklists (EDHREC rank via Scryfall).

Budget

58 of 100 at $5 or less · 36 at $1 or less

#	Card	Type	MV	Price
1	Sol Ring	Artifact	1	$1.07
2	Command Tower	Land	0	$0.26
3	Arcane Signet	Artifact	2	$0.34
4	Exotic Orchard	Land	0	$0.19
5	Reliquary Tower	Land	0	$4.28
6	Swiftfoot Boots	Artifact	2	$1.43
7	Lightning Greaves	Artifact	2	$3.86
8	Path of Ancestry	Land	0	$0.16
9	Fellwar Stone	Artifact	2	$0.47
10	Rogue's Passage	Land	0	$0.31
11	Evolving Wilds	Land	0	$0.09
12	Cultivate	Sorcery	3	$0.38
13	Thought Vessel	Artifact	2	$2.23
14	Farseek	Sorcery	2	$0.42
15	Beast Within	Instant	3	$0.49
16	Nature's Lore	Sorcery	2	$2.15
17	Rampant Growth	Sorcery	2	$0.39
18	Heroic Intervention	Instant	2	$9.28
19	Terramorphic Expanse	Land	0	$0.10
20	Myriad Landscape	Land	0	$0.25
21	Mind Stone	Artifact	2	$0.21
22	Birds of Paradise	Creature	1	$4.98
23	Polluted Delta	Land	0	$19.85
24	Kodama's Reach	Sorcery	3	$1.55
25	Flooded Strand	Land	0	$12.78
26	Three Visits	Sorcery	2	$5.55
27	Skullclamp	Artifact	1	$4.85
28	Solemn Simulacrum	Creature	4	$0.27
29	Misty Rainforest	Land	0	$35.98
30	Bloodstained Mire	Land	0	$14.54
31	Fabled Passage	Land	0	$0.65
32	Windswept Heath	Land	0	$11.19
33	Wooded Foothills	Land	0	$17.96
34	Verdant Catacombs	Land	0	$29.16
35	Scalding Tarn	Land	0	$36.86
36	Marsh Flats	Land	0	$32.04
37	Commander's Sphere	Artifact	3	$0.19
38	Arid Mesa	Land	0	$31.40
39	Llanowar Elves	Creature	1	$0.24
40	Ancient Tomb	Land	0	$56.94
41	Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth	Land	0	$56.13
42	Boseiju, Who Endures	Land	0	$50.48
43	Yavimaya, Cradle of Growth	Land	0	$16.76
44	Temple of the False God	Land	0	$0.19
45	Chromatic Lantern	Artifact	3	$0.38
46	Garruk's Uprising	Enchantment	3	$0.39
47	City of Brass	Land	0	$9.17
48	The One Ring	Artifact	4	$109.88
49	Elvish Mystic	Creature	1	$0.35
50	Cavern of Souls	Land	0	$47.72
51	Sakura-Tribe Elder	Creature	2	$0.30
52	Mana Confluence	Land	0	$34.75
53	Urza's Saga	Enchantment	0	$34.67
54	Lotus Petal	Artifact	0	$35.11
55	Eternal Witness	Creature	3	$1.10
56	Wayfarer's Bauble	Artifact	1	$0.31
57	Roaming Throne	Creature	4	$47.06
58	Ashnod's Altar	Artifact	3	$8.15
59	War Room	Land	0	$0.79
60	Delighted Halfling	Creature	1	$25.91
61	Herald's Horn	Artifact	3	$2.88
62	Mana Vault	Artifact	1	$91.59
63	Chrome Mox	Artifact	0	$51.19
64	Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx	Land	0	$45.68
65	Reflecting Pool	Land	0	$5.50
66	Worldly Tutor	Instant	1	$26.58
67	Three Tree City	Land	0	$29.09
68	Return of the Wildspeaker	Instant	5	$1.51
69	Gemstone Caverns	Land	0	$62.05
70	Command Beacon	Land	0	$7.99
71	Hardened Scales	Enchantment	1	$1.85
72	Tireless Provisioner	Creature	3	$2.33
73	Doubling Season	Enchantment	5	$29.62
74	Idol of Oblivion	Artifact	2	$2.40
75	Prismatic Vista	Land	0	$28.10
76	Buried Ruin	Land	0	$0.38
77	Thran Dynamo	Artifact	4	$1.94
78	Mosswort Bridge	Land	0	$0.21
79	Patchwork Banner	Artifact	3	$1.52
80	Mox Amber	Artifact	0	$86.45
81	Karn's Bastion	Land	0	$2.51
82	Ash Barrens	Land	0	$0.15
83	Beast Whisperer	Creature	4	$4.27
84	Wild Growth	Enchantment	1	$0.40
85	Crop Rotation	Instant	1	$3.60
86	Fyndhorn Elves	Creature	1	$0.96
87	Secluded Courtyard	Land	0	$0.31
88	Ornithopter of Paradise	Creature	2	$0.35
89	The Great Henge	Artifact	9	$63.38
90	Sensei's Divining Top	Artifact	1	$36.48
91	Sword of the Animist	Artifact	2	$2.79
92	Explore	Sorcery	2	$0.15
93	Mithril Coat	Artifact	3	$27.09
94	Scute Swarm	Creature	3	$8.51
95	Rishkar's Expertise	Sorcery	6	$1.72
96	Mox Opal	Artifact	0	$229.58
97	Unclaimed Territory	Land	0	$0.30
98	Mox Diamond	Artifact	0	$1108.66
99	Harrow	Instant	3	$0.33
100	Foundry Inspector	Creature	3	$0.28

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Combos with Rocksteady, Mutant Marauder

The 10 most popular of 15 combos (by EDHREC decklist count) using this commander that fit its color identity, from Commander Spellbook.

Ashnod's Altar + Rocksteady, Mutant Marauder + Persist Creature
Infinite colorless mana · Infinite creature ETB · Infinite creature LTB · Infinite creature sacrifice triggers · Infinite death triggers
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Evolution Witness + Rocksteady, Mutant Marauder + Walking Ballista
Infinite creature ETB · Infinite creature LTB · Infinite death triggers · Infinite proliferate · Infinite storm count
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Altar of Dementia + Rocksteady, Mutant Marauder + Persist Creature
Infinite creature ETB · Infinite creature LTB · Infinite creature sacrifice triggers · Infinite death triggers · Infinite mill · Infinite self-mill
How it works on Commander Spellbook
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Phyrexian Altar + Rocksteady, Mutant Marauder + Persist Creature
Infinite colored mana · Infinite creature ETB · Infinite creature LTB · Infinite creature sacrifice triggers · Infinite death triggers
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Blasting Station + Rocksteady, Mutant Marauder + Persist Creature
Infinite creature ETB · Infinite creature LTB · Infinite creature sacrifice triggers · Infinite damage · Infinite death triggers
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Evolution Witness + Hangarback Walker + Rocksteady, Mutant Marauder
Infinite creature ETB · Infinite creature LTB · Infinite death triggers · Infinite proliferate · Infinite storm count
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Evolution Witness + Marketback Walker + Rocksteady, Mutant Marauder
Infinite creature ETB · Infinite creature LTB · Infinite death triggers · Infinite proliferate · Infinite storm count
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Rocksteady, Mutant Marauder + Spawning Pit + Persist Creature
Infinite charge counters on a permanent · Infinite creature ETB · Infinite creature LTB · Infinite creature sacrifice triggers · Infinite death triggers
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Evolution Witness + Rocksteady, Mutant Marauder + Stonecoil Serpent
Infinite creature ETB · Infinite creature LTB · Infinite death triggers · Infinite proliferate · Infinite storm count
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Cryptic Trilobite + Evolution Witness + Rocksteady, Mutant Marauder
Infinite creature ETB · Infinite creature LTB · Infinite death triggers · Infinite proliferate · Infinite storm count
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Top finishes

3 finishes placing top 16 at 16+ player events with this commander. Results from Topdeck.gg.

5th of 25 — Commander Budget - Magic Barcelona on Topdeck.ggSep 14, 2026 · 0–2–0 · with Bebop, Skull & Crossbones · by Marc Castellanos Miñambres
15th of 17 — Oahu Commander Invitational Qualifier Ser4S1W5 on Topdeck.ggMay 11, 2026 · 0–4–0 · with Bebop, Skull & Crossbones · by Aznei
6th of 23 — Chaotic Goods cEDH Tournament on Topdeck.ggApr 12, 2026 · 1–2–1 · with Bebop, Skull & Crossbones · by Jacob Pogue

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Card data and images courtesy of Scryfall; popularity ranking from EDHREC decklist data included in Scryfall bulk. Combo data courtesy of Commander Spellbook. Tournament results courtesy of Topdeck.gg. Deckwarden is unofficial Fan Content and is not endorsed by Wizards of the Coast.

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