Defiant Khenra
Creature — Jackal Warrior
- CMC
- 2
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- R
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Hour of Devastation
- Price
- $0.05
- EDHREC rank
- #28809
Defiant Khenra enters, pumps a creature, and threatens to do it again every time another creature enters after it — that's a meaningful board presence for two mana. It's a staple in go-wide and token strategies that can chain enters-the-battlefield triggers, and a bulk rare everywhere else.
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 |
In Commander, Defiant Khenra earns its slot in creature-flood decks that can trigger its ability repeatedly — think token generators or aristocrats shells where the board refills fast enough to stack counters across multiple creatures. In Pauper it's legal but competing against more efficient two-drops, so it rarely makes the cut outside dedicated synergy builds. Modern, Pioneer, Legacy, and Vintage all have better options at this cost, and Defiant Khenra doesn't show up in competitive lists in any of them. Oathbreaker follows the same logic as Commander — worth a look in the right shell, irrelevant outside it.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.05 bulk tier
At $0.05, Defiant Khenra is pure bulk — you're not paying for scarcity, you're paying for cardboard. That price floor is stable; there's no reprint pressure on a card this cheap and no spike catalyst on the horizon.
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Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.