Bronze Horse
Artifact Creature — Horse
Trample
As long as you control another creature, prevent all damage that would be dealt to this creature by spells that target it.
- CMC
- 7
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- C
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- Chronicles
- Price
- $0.31
- EDHREC rank
- #23373
Bronze Horse is a 4/4 with trample that protects itself from sorceries and instants your opponents control — a relevant defensive clause stapled to an underwhelming body for seven mana. The cost is the deal-breaker: seven generic mana for a vanilla-adjacent creature is not competitive in any powered environment.
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 | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Bronze Horse is legal in Commander, Legacy, Vintage, and Oathbreaker, but legality and playability are different conversations. In Commander, seven mana for a 4/4 with trample and spell protection is well below rate — nearly every comparable slot at that cost is doing something that wins the game, and Bronze Horse is not. Legacy and Vintage are formats where seven-mana do-nothings don't survive the deckbuilding phase. Oathbreaker shares Commander's problem: the curve pressure is just as real, and the effect just as replaceable.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.31 bulk tier
At $0.31, Bronze Horse sits firmly in bulk territory, which accurately reflects its power level. Demand is too low to push the price anywhere meaningful, so expect it to stay at or below this floor.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.