Dwarven Nomad
Creature — Dwarf Nomad
: Target creature with power 2 or less can't be blocked this turn.
- CMC
- 3
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- R
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Mirage
- Price
- $0.18
- EDHREC rank
- #18133
Dwarven Nomad is a 1/1 for three mana that can tap to give a target Dwarf mountainwalk until end of turn — negligible stats, narrow ability, and a cost that doesn't come close to justifying either. Outside of deep Dwarf tribal builds where mountainwalk has any relevance, this card does nothing a real threat or utility piece couldn't do better.
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 | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Dwarven Nomad is legal in Commander, Legacy, Vintage, Pauper, and Oathbreaker, but legality and playability are different things. In Commander, it shows up only in the most committed Dwarf tribal builds, and even there it's a bottom-of-the-barrel inclusion — mountainwalk is irrelevant unless opponents are on Mountains, and a 1/1 for three contributes nothing to a board state. In Legacy and Vintage, Dwarven Nomad is unplayable; those formats have no interest in a 1/1 with a conditional evasion grant. Pauper is the only format where the bar is low enough to consider it, but even there, the mana inefficiency and conditional upside keep it off any serious list.
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Price Context
Current price
$0.18 bulk tier
At $0.18, Dwarven Nomad sits firmly in bulk territory — the kind of card that ends up in a bulk box rather than a cart. It won't appreciate; there's no competitive demand and no casual breakout waiting for it.
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.