Balduvian Horde
Creature — Human Barbarian
When this creature enters, sacrifice it unless you discard a card at random.
- CMC
- 4
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- R
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- Beatdown Box Set
- Price
- $0.24
- EDHREC rank
- #27890
Balduvian Horde puts a 5/5 trampler on the board for four mana, which is a real rate — the catch is a random discard on attack that can strip cards you needed. The downside is too unpredictable to build around and too punishing to ignore, which makes it a bulk beater that stronger four-drops consistently outclass.
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 | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
In Commander, Balduvian Horde competes in a format full of four-drop threats that either generate value on entry or protect themselves — a vanilla-adjacent 5/5 with a self-inflicted discard trigger rarely makes the cut. Legacy and Vintage have it legal but would never touch it; the power ceiling in those formats makes a random-discard 5/5 irrelevant. Pauper is where Balduvian Horde has the most theoretical footing, since the common card pool thins out at the top end, but even there the discard clause is a liability in any deck that cares about its hand.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.24 bulk tier
At $0.24, Balduvian Horde is deep bulk — the kind of card that fills a commons box and rarely leaves it. That price is stable simply because demand is negligible, so there's no meaningful value story here in either direction.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.