Dwarven Strike Force
Creature — Dwarf Berserker
Discard a card at random: This creature gains first strike and haste until end of turn.
- CMC
- 5
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- R
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Odyssey
- Price
- $0.20
- EDHREC rank
- #29490
Dwarven Strike Force is a five-mana 3/3 with a random-discard clause that sometimes grants haste and trample — the operative word being sometimes. The unpredictability alone disqualifies it from competitive consideration; you cannot build around a coin flip.
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 |
Dwarven Strike Force is legal in Commander, Legacy, Vintage, and Oathbreaker, but legal and playable are different things. In Commander, the five-mana slot is crowded with creatures that reliably close games rather than maybe having haste this turn; the random discard cost makes sequencing unpredictable in ways that compound poorly at a 100-card table. Legacy and Vintage have no interest in a conditional beater at five mana when those formats end games before turn three. Oathbreaker follows the same logic as Commander — the card is simply outclassed.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.20 bulk tier
At $0.20, Dwarven Strike Force sits firmly in bulk territory, and the price reflects the demand accurately. Don't expect it to move.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.