Bonded Horncrest
Creature — Dinosaur
This creature can't attack or block alone.
- CMC
- 4
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- R
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Ixalan
- Price
- $0.14
- EDHREC rank
- #26269
Bonded Horncrest is a 5/3 for four mana that can't attack or block alone — a real cost that makes it dependent on your board state from the moment it enters. In any deck that keeps a steady supply of other creatures, that restriction barely registers; in a creature-light shell, it's a dead card.
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 | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Bonded Horncrest sees essentially no play in competitive formats — Legacy, Vintage, and Modern have far better four-drop threats, and the attack restriction is punishing when you can't guarantee a wide board. Pioneer is the same story. Commander is where Bonded Horncrest finds its only real home, specifically in go-wide tribal decks — Dinosaur lists under Gishath, Sun's Avatar or Zacama, Primal Calamity — where a 5/3 body pulls real weight and a crowded battlefield makes the drawback irrelevant.
Key Combos
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Price Context
Current price
$0.14 bulk tier
At $0.14, Bonded Horncrest is deep bulk — you're picking it out of a common box, not budgeting for it. That price is stable simply because demand is low and supply is high; don't expect movement in either direction.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.