Last updated on March 12, 2026

Baylen, the Haymaker - Illustration by Kemonomichi

Baylen, the Haymaker | Illustration by Kemonomichi

While rabbits were already a creature type in Magic, Bloomburrow has more than doubled their numbers. Some rabbits date back quite a way, and we’re here today to take a look at these loveable fluffballs, from both the annals of Magic’s archives and Bloomburrow‘s fluffy plane.

What’s good? What’s playable? And more importantly, what’s pettable?

What Are Rabbits in MTG?

Warren Warleader - Illustration by Zack Stella

Warren Warleader | Illustration by Zack Stella

Rabbits are a creature type first introduced in Portal Three Kingdoms, but they weren’t a regular thing in Magic until around 2020, and we’ve seen a smattering since (although apparently the moonfolk from Kamigawa are related to rabbits!).

Bloomburrow focuses on them in a big way, with the Selesnya () color pair being their main burrow in the Standard set, with a rabbit as the Bant commander of the Peace Offering EDH precon!

Honorable Mentions

Cottontail Caretaker and Buxton, Decorated Host are strong rabbit contenders if you play an Arena format.

#34. Vizzerdrix

Vizzerdrix

Ah yes, nice, fluffy bunnies. So pettable and loveable and oh my God, what’s that??

So, yeah. Vizzerdrix is a thing. And yes, that’s a rare 6/6 vanilla creature for 7 mana. It’s what you got in blue back in the day. Understatted, overcosted nightmare fuel. I’d love to see a return to Vizzerdrix with modern design philosophy (*cough*powercreep*cough*) and give it the card it deserves!

#33. Kezzerdrix

Kezzerdrix

Kezzerdrix is Vizzerdrix’s cousin from the swamps. It’s actually older than Vizzy, while being a better creature (it’s not hard). It’s a 4/4 first striker for 4 mana, which is pretty good, even if it has that downside. I wasn’t playing back in Tempest when this was roaming the battlefield, but I imagine Kezzerdrix made it into a lot of black decks.

Anyway, can we get on to those cute fluffballs, please?

#32. Jackalope Herd

Jackalope Herd

Jackalope Herd is… getting there on the cuteness. What is it with early Magic just wanting to make nice things into something from a Goosebumps knockoff? Anyway, it’s an okay green creature, and it has theoretical combo potential with its bounce-to-hand ability, but that’s likely not worth the effort. It should probably be behind Kezzerdrix, but give me a little creative license, please?

#31. Zodiac Rabbit

Zodiac Rabbit

Finally, we have something I wouldn’t be afraid to pet. Zodiac Rabbit is actually pretty good for a 1-drop from its era. It’s a 1/1 for 1 with some evasion. Probably the closest green is going to get to Flying Men. The art is cool, too. It looks like something you’d expect from ancient Egypt, or similar, if they had access to more modern artistic tools. I’m into it.

Fun fact, Zodiac Rabbit was the first Magic card to have the creature type rabbit, too!

#30. Loporrit Scout

Loporrit Scout

Loporrit Scout looks cute, but is best in your Limited decks. The temporary pump does well in 1v1, but not much outside of that format.

#29. Placid Rottentail

Placid Rottentail

Placid Rottentail is the first modern-era rabbit on this list, and it’s kinda cute I guess? If you’re into fungi, that is. I don’t really remember it being particularly amazing in March of the Machine Limited, but it was fine. It’s got a lot of good words on it for a 1-drop, and it saw some play there, if nowhere else.

#28. Druid of the Spade

Druid of the Spade

Druid of the Spade is the first Bloomburrow card here. This MTG set boasts a lot of rabbits to go along with the rest of the critters, so we’re going to see them pop up all over. While not being super huggable, this one is a solid Limited common, but not blowing anyone away. Tokens are going to be a big part of Bloomburrow Limited formats, particularly in rabbits, so this will often be a 3-mana 4/3 trample, which seems decent enough!

#27. Intrepid Rabbit

Intrepid Rabbit

Intrepid Rabbit is another solid enough common that pumps something when it comes in, but it also scales nicely with the game thanks to the offspring mechanic. Pretty cute looking, even with that knife, but it’s going to be a card you see in packs then don’t think about again.

#26. Treeguard Duo

Treeguard Duo

Treeguard Duo is a pretty solid pump spell attached to a fine enough body for a common. The key here is giving vigilance, as it makes any attacks you enable with the ETB that much safer. Bloomburrow is going to have some good go-wide decks, and Treeguard Duo is going to help them along nicely.

For pet-ability, not only do you get a rabbit to pet here, you also get a frog! Now that’s a deal!

#25. Brave-Kin Duo

Brave-Kin Duo

Another 2-for-1 for pet-ability, Brave-Kin Duo is the little 1-drop that could. Designed to trigger valiant in your Boros () decks. Yes, that means it’s probably more mouse than rabbit for the purposes of this list, but it’s still a nice little common, and one of the plethora of 1-drops available in Bloomburrow.

#24. Rabaroo Troop

Rabaroo Troop

Rabaroo Troop lets landfall be a control deck's win con which certainly looks a bit strange, but it's a legitimate way to win. Landcycling for is consistently decent, despite the fact that Avatar: The Last Airbender has lots of exciting cards and this is on the low end.

#23. Warren Elder

Warren Elder

Warren Elder is a good friend for all the 1/1 Rabbit tokens you’re wanting to fill the battlefield with. Not needing to tap to activate the ability and pumping itself is really nice. If you’re getting bogged down in the thick of a Limited game, using this rabbit cleric twice in combat is going to be really nice.

#22. Head of the Homestead

Head of the Homestead

Head of the Homestead is a really good indicator of what rabbits do best, and that’s making lots of babies to go wide. Five mana is a little overcosted on face value, but if you can make use of the bodies, Head of the Homestead‘s going to be an auto-include in the decks where it matters. It’s nice to see the hybrid mana cost on this, too.

#21. Seasoned Warrenguard

Seasoned Warrenguard

One-mana cards are usually either great or a bit meh. Seasoned Warrenguard can potentially attack as a 3/2, which is excellent for a 1-drop. The art makes it look pretty dangerous (which isn’t surprising for a 1-mana 3/2 I guess), so I’d probably think twice about hugging this one…

#20. Balthier and Fran

Balthier and Fran

Balthier and Fran reads rabbit, but absolutely requires vehicles to be exceptional. The power to pay three mana for a second combat phase is good even if you need to jump through hoops to make it work. That 4-power matters and so does vigilance, so in my book, this is a cool Final Fantasy card.

#19. Harvestrite Host

Harvestrite Host

Harvestrite Host attacks on all fronts: It's a 3/3 for 3 that pumps stuff and can even draw you cards in a dedicated rabbit deck. If you draw one card off this, you’re really laughing. Really sweet rabbit I can see making waves in the right Limited deck. Outside of that I’m less excited, but I could imagine it showing up.

#18. Hazardroot Herbalist

Hazardroot Herbalist

Turning your little baby bunny tokens into deathtouching threats isn’t something I expected a cute little rabbit to do, but here we are with Hazardroot Herbalist! Maybe there’s some myxomatosis going on here…. It’s a good way to get damage through while being a good blocker itself. I’d probably avoid petting this druid, though, in case I catch something.

#17. Hinterland Sanctifier

Hinterland Sanctifier

Hinterland Sanctifier has a good half of a Soul Sister ability to gain life, and combined with an all important two points of toughness, land this Sanctifier as an excellent option if you want to trigger lifegain as many times as possible.

#16. Burrowguard Mentor

Burrowguard Mentor

Burrowguard Mentor gets swole the more friends it has. Trample also sets it apart from similar creatures we've seen in the past. Previously we’ve seen creatures like this be easily chump-able, but not this time. For 2 mana you’re getting a 1/1 trample on the face, then it’s all upside from there!

#15. Valley Questcaller

Valley Questcaller

Valley Questcaller is the first modern-day rare we’ve got on the list, and it’s looking quite good. Calling on the shared creature types in white in Bloomburrow, this rabbit warrior‘s a solid body that can pump your team, too. If a go-wide critter deck comes to Standard, this could definitely see play there!

#14. Rabbit Battery

Rabbit Battery

We got Rabbit Battery all the way back in Kamigawa: Neon Dynasty. This saw a bit of time in the red Standard decks of the day, although it fell off as Standard got more powerful. This artifact creature is still a cool card, and its track record proves it deserves to be in the top half, even if some of BLB’s cards may take it over in time.

#13. Finneas, Ace Archer

Finneas, Ace Archer

One of Bloomburrow‘s commanders, Finneas, Ace Archer might need a bit of protecting, but it can be a pretty crazy way to pump your team. Throwing out +1/+1 counters to potentially every other creature you control is amazing, and it won’t be difficult to trigger the “draw a card” clause tacked on the bottom. I’d be packing some combat tricks and protection spells to get the most out of it, but if you get two attacks or more out of Finneas, Ace Archer, you’re going to have a good time.

#12. Kwain, Itinerant Meddler

Kwain, Itinerant Meddler

There seems to be a bit of a group-hug subtheme on the rabbit cards designed for Commander, and that's certainly where the Peace Offering precon lands.

Kwain, Itinerant Meddler paved the way for that all the way back in Commander Legends. Everyone loves drawing cards and gaining life, so who could ever think to attack you while you’re benefiting them? Kwain is everyone’s best buddy, and very pet-able!

#11. Claim Jumper

Claim Jumper

Outlaws of Thunder Junction‘s Claim Jumper is one of a few white catch-up cards slowly trickling through in a number of sets. Getting a couple of plains out when this rabbit mercenary comes down is nice, then you’ve still got a solid body to go along with it. It’s probably not doing a lot in 1v1 formats, but even getting a single plains out there is nice. In multiplayer, if you’re mono-white, you’re probably going to get both plains out quite regularly, which is pretty amazing for white decks.

#10. Pawpatch Recruit

Pawpatch Recruit

Pawpatch Recruit is a stellar 1- or 3-drop. Already a green Savannah Lions, it’s got upside and acts as a bit of a mana sink later on. It’s a very aggro card, and not even one that’s limited to a particular archetype. I expect this one to see play… somewhere.

#9. Pollen-Shield Hare

Pollen-Shield Hare

Pollen-Shield Hare (are hares rabbits…?) is a card that’s already seen a little bit of Constructed play and stands to see more play going forward. A powerful pump spell on the adventure side, plus a good creature to follow up, doing a 1-2 punch with this in the mid-game gets a lot of damage through. It was clearly a plant in Wilds of Eldraine to get decks ready for rabbits with Bloomburrow.

#8. Regal Bunnicorn

Regal Bunnicorn

Regal Bunnicorn is another clear plant in previous sets ready for Bloomburrow. It’s also seen some play in token decks, especially as it doesn’t just care about creatures. Also, can I just add, this is a rabbit unicorn. Look at the widdle horn. Can I pet it?

It’s likely to see more play going forward. We’ve already seen some good rabbits that can give trample, which pairs perfectly here.

#7. Hare Apparent

Hare Apparent

The first Hare Apparent deserves to be at the bottom of the list. The second one moves up a slot maybe. And the 15th is probably the first-place winner. White technically got its first “relentless creature” in Templar Knight, but Hare Apparent hit the scene shortly after and gives players a much more realistic card to build-around, with a much bigger reward.

Once you start playing two or more of these a turn you'll start seeing absurd turnouts, and they're actively busted with mass reanimation like Raise the Past, Return to the Ranks, and so on.

#6. Jacked Rabbit

Jacked Rabbit

In Mother Bloomburrow, Rabbit pets you!

Jacked Rabbit is a Commander precon card, but it’s exactly what it says on the tin. A rabbit that’s absolutely jacked. It also goes wide, allowing you to attack on two fronts, and doing exactly what rabbits want you to do. Sweet in any go-wide deck, Jacked Rabbit’s a solid auto-include in a rabbit themed deck, and one that I couldn’t help but smile at when I first saw spoiled.

#5. Byrke, Long Ear of the Law

Byrke, Long Ear of the Law

Byrke, Long Ear of the Law may just be what we need to see a +1/+1 counter deck come through in Standard, although costing 6 mana is going to hurt it a bit there. It does a lot, though, and doesn’t just trigger when it attacks. Even if it doesn’t see Standard play, I’m glad it’s only in the starter decks, because it would totally ravage BLB Limited.

#4. Preston, the Vanisher

Preston, the Vanisher

Preston, the Vanisher is the last non-Bloomburrow card on the list, but it’s still a good one. The illusion ability has echoes of offspring, which probably isn’t completely intentional, but still pretty great from a flavor perspective (as well as a deckbuilding perspective if you want to create plenty of ETB abilities or plan on going wide).

If you’re building a rabbit deck where this rabbit wizard is legal don’t overlook this!

#3. Warren Warleader

Warren Warleader

Warren Warleader does a bit of everything. Solid at either 4 or 6 mana, this is another card that doesn’t need to be an attacker to trigger, which is particularly great considering half of this is a 1/1. It’s a board in a box, and one that can pump the rest of your super-wide team. There’s a good chance this sees Constructed play, but time will tell.

#2. Ms. Bumbleflower

Ms. Bumbleflower

The head of the Peace Offering Commander precon, Ms. Bumbleflower is a pretty innocuous-looking group hug commander that allows you to lull your opponents into a false sense of security. Our adorable rabbit commander is a 1/5, and very huggable. What could it possibly do to hurt you?

Absolutely nothing, just ignore this big flier swinging in at the guy next to you. It’s definitely not coming to you next turn….

#1. Baylen, the Haymaker

Baylen, the Haymaker

Baylen, the Haymaker is quite the card, doing so much everywhere you look. Obviously meant for a token strategy, it can go infinite with the mana-adding ability if you’re wanting to play that way, or it can just deliver a good old-fashioned beat down.

Oh, did I mention it also draws cards?

Baylen, the Haymaker will most likely be seen in Commander either as a Naya commander or in the 99 of another token-centric deck, but it’s certainly going to see play there. It might even see some play in Constructed formats, although it’s clearly not designed to be played there primarily.

Best Rabbit Payoffs

We’ve seen a lot of good rabbits here, so what else would you want in your rabbit deck? Tempt with Bunnies is a solid way to get more rabbits. Spider-Ham, Peter Porker and Oakhollow Village are excellent for pumping those rabbits up to make them bigger and more dangerous.

Hop to It

Well, it’s not quite a payoff per se, but I think I need to mention Hop to It as a card you’re going to want to include in a lot of rabbit decks. Creating three tokens for 3 mana is going to be good and will trigger a lot of the other cards in your deck nicely.

Warp World

If you want to do some really silly things, you could always try effects like Warp World. This can turn your 1/1s into actual cards, trading up. It’s always fun to see the table’s face when you cast it, too.

Craterhoof Behemoth

Maybe something a little more sensible is the typical Craterhoof Behemoth or cards of that ilk. It’s not super novel or exciting, but games do need to end sometime, and Hoof definitely does that.

Of course, token themes aren’t exactly new to Magic, so there’s plenty of payoffs out there to suit whatever style you want to play!

Wrap Up

Regal Bunnicorn - Illustration by Ilse Gort

Regal Bunnicorn | Illustration by Ilse Gort

Well! Rabbits have certainly received a bit of a bump over the last year or so, and even more now that we’re hopping into Bloomburrow.

Are you hyped for these lop-eared beasties? Or would you prefer to keep your creatures monstrous and creepy?

Let me know in the comments or over on Discord if you plan to build around one of the cards on the list, or if you’re excited to draft some frogs, squirrels, or bunnies, and make your opponent drown in a flood of fluffy tokens.

I hope you’ve enjoyed this trip down the rabbit hole, and I look forward to seeing you next time I rabbit away about some Magic topic or other!

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4 Comments

  • Hiiiipo February 17, 2025 10:50 pm

    No Hare Apparent In this list SMH

    • Timothy Zaccagnino
      Timothy Zaccagnino February 17, 2025 11:54 pm

      Thanks for the reminder that this needs an update; Hare Apparent’s in there now.

  • Koen Kleifgen February 25, 2026 10:04 am

    What about temp with bunnies, as a separate card?

    • Timothy Zaccagnino
      Timothy Zaccagnino February 26, 2026 10:13 am

      Sure, we could’ve listed all the cards that creature rabbits but aren’t actuall rabbit creature cards.

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