Ebony Horse
Artifact
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: Untap target attacking creature you control. Prevent all combat damage that would be dealt to and dealt by that creature this turn.
- CMC
- 3
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- C
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- Fourth Edition Foreign Black Border
- Price
- $5.00
- EDHREC rank
- #23790
Ebony Horse lets you untap an attacking creature and pull it out of combat before blockers are declared — a repeatable, activated-ability trick that can protect a key attacker or abuse tap triggers turn after turn. Three mana to activate on an artifact that costs three to cast is a steep ask for what it does, and in any powered environment it simply won't make the cut.
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 |
In Commander, Ebony Horse is a fringe piece in decks that want to abuse attack triggers without risking their best creature — think voltron commanders or value attackers that would rather live than trade. Legacy and Vintage have access to it but will never touch it; the effect is too slow and too narrow for those formats. Pauper is where Ebony Horse has the most theoretical home, since the card pool is shallow and repeatable untap effects have real scarcity, though it still struggles to justify the mana investment across multiple turns.
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Price Context
Current price
$5.00 mid tier
At $5.00, Ebony Horse sits in mid-tier pricing that is almost entirely driven by age and collectibility rather than competitive demand. Don't expect that price to reflect utility — you're paying for a Reserved List artifact, not a staple.
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Sources
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.