Berg Strider
Snow Creature — Giant Wizard
When this creature enters, tap target artifact or creature an opponent controls. If 
was spent to cast this spell, that permanent doesn't untap during its controller's next untap step. ( is mana from a snow source.)
- CMC
- 5
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- U
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- The List
- Price
- $0.22
- EDHREC rank
- #15910
Berg Strider enters tapped, taps an artifact, and grows every snow permanent you control — that's three lines of text doing real work for five mana. The cost is steep enough that it lives in dedicated snow shells only, but inside Isu the Abominable decks it earns its slot immediately.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Isu the Abominable
Isu the Abominable rewards you for attacking with snow creatures, and Berg Strider feeds that engine as a snowball of stats that also answers an artifact on arrival — nearly half of all Isu decks run it for good reason.
Jorn, God of Winter
Jorn, God of Winter untaps snow permanents on combat damage, which means Berg Strider's counters compound fast in a deck already built to untap and reattack repeatedly.
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 |
Commander is where Berg Strider actually belongs — snow synergy decks are almost exclusively an EDH phenomenon, and the artifact-tap on entry has real utility in a multiplayer game full of mana rocks and problem artifacts. In Pauper it's technically legal and a common, but five mana for a creature with no immediate board impact is far too slow for that format's tempo demands. Modern, Pioneer, and Legacy have no competitive snow-matters shell that wants a five-drop 3/3, so Berg Strider is effectively a Commander card that happens to be legal elsewhere.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.22 bulk tier
At $0.22, Berg Strider is deep bulk — it sees enough play in Isu the Abominable decks to keep it in print at high volume, which is exactly why it costs nothing. Don't expect the price to move; it's a build-around common in a narrow archetype, and copies are plentiful.
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Sources
Mentioned
- Isu the Abominable
- Jorn, God of Winter
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.