Conifer Strider
Creature — Elemental
Hexproof (This creature can't be the target of spells or abilities your opponents control.)
- CMC
- 4
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- G
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- The List
- Price
- $0.22
- EDHREC rank
- #21920
Conifer Strider enters as a 6/6 trampler for five mana — that's the whole pitch, and it's a bad one outside a very specific shell. Without Zilortha, Strength Incarnate turning its power into its toughness for combat, this is a vanilla body that any format has outgrown.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Zilortha, Strength Incarnate
Zilortha, Strength Incarnate's replacement effect makes power the damage threshold for blocking, which means Conifer Strider's 6 power punches through almost any blocker on the ground — the trample on top makes it nearly unblockable in practice.
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 |
Conifer Strider is a Commander card, and even there the role is narrow. In Zilortha, Strength Incarnate decks it earns its slot as a budget six-power trample body that pressures life totals the turn it lands. In Pauper it's legal but irrelevant — five mana for a vanilla 6/6 with no enters-the-battlefield effect doesn't compete with the format's efficient threats. Modern, Pioneer, Legacy, and Vintage all have access to far more powerful five-drops, and Conifer Strider has no business in any of them.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.22 bulk tier
At $0.22, Conifer Strider is deep bulk — you'll find it in a commons bin before you'd bother ordering it. The price reflects the card's narrow demand: it's a one-deck wonder, and even Zilortha lists don't need more than one copy.
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Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.