Arrogant Poet
Creature — Human Warlock
Whenever this creature attacks, you may pay 2 life. If you do, it gains flying until end of turn.
- CMC
- 2
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- B
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Strixhaven: School of Mages
- Price
- $0.05
- EDHREC rank
- #26736
Arrogant Poet is a one-mana 2/1 with lifelink on demand — the cost is one life per combat, which is almost never relevant when you're attacking into a winning board state. In aggressive black decks, that's a clean rate with upside.
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 |
In Commander, Arrogant Poet is a niche inclusion — it fits aggressive black strategies and life-matters builds, but most 99-card decks want more impact from their one-drops. In Pauper it's a fringe consideration in black aggro, where a 2/1 for one with conditional evasion is passable but faces stiff competition from faster threats. Modern and Legacy have no interest; the rate doesn't clear the bar those formats set for one-drops. Pioneer black aggro could theoretically run it, but the life payment and conditional nature of the evasion make it a bubble card at best.
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Price Context
Current price
$0.05 bulk tier
At $0.05, Arrogant Poet is pure bulk — no supply pressure, no scarcity story. That price holds because demand is low and the card is easy to reprint, so don't expect movement in either direction.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.