Cobbled Lancer
Creature — Zombie Horse
As an additional cost to cast this spell, exile a creature card from your graveyard.
, Exile this card from your graveyard: Draw a card.
- CMC
- 1
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- U
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Innistrad: Crimson Vow
- Price
- $0.15
- EDHREC rank
- #21450
Cobbled Lancer enters as a 2/2 with flying and lifelink for three mana — serviceable stats that punch above bulk-rare expectations. It's a role-player in Zombie tribal or reanimator shells, not a build-around, and you cut it the moment you need the slot for anything with more 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 | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Cobbled Lancer finds its most consistent home in Commander, where Zombie tribal decks can exploit the graveyard synergies baked into its text and lifelink provides a passive cushion against aggressive tables. In Modern and Legacy it has no competitive footing — three mana for a 2/2 with keywords is nowhere near the rate those formats demand. Pioneer is similarly unkind; the card simply doesn't match the power density of the format's creature suite. Oathbreaker is the one non-Commander 60-card variant where tribal shells might slot it in, though even there it competes against tighter options.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.15 bulk tier
At $0.15, Cobbled Lancer sits firmly in bulk territory — you're paying for the cardboard, not the card. Bulk commons and uncommons at this price point almost never appreciate unless a combo or tribal surge pushes demand, and nothing on the horizon suggests that trajectory here.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.