Equestrian Skill
Enchantment — Aura
Enchant creature
Enchanted creature gets +3/+3.
As long as enchanted creature is a Human, it has trample.
- CMC
- 4
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- G
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Shadows over Innistrad
- Price
- $0.04
- EDHREC rank
- #25455
Equestrian Skill puts +3/+3 and trample on a creature for four mana — a meaningful stat bump that turns a blocked attacker into a threat that bleeds through. The cost is the problem: four mana for a sorcery-speed aura with no protection attached is a liability in any environment where removal is common.
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, Equestrian Skill sits at the bottom of the aura pile — the format's slower pace doesn't excuse the card disadvantage risk, and better pump options exist at every price point. Pauper is the only home where it's worth a second look, specifically in green stompy shells that want trample on a hexproof or evasive threat, since the card pool narrows and the +3/+3 is genuinely large relative to commons. In Modern, Pioneer, Legacy, and Vintage, Equestrian Skill never sees play — those formats demand efficiency that a four-mana sorcery aura cannot provide. Oathbreaker follows the same logic as Commander: the card exists legally but has no competitive case.
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Price Context
Current price
$0.04 bulk tier
At $0.04, Equestrian Skill is deep bulk — you're paying for cardboard, not the effect. It holds no financial value and never will; pick it up only if a specific Pauper list calls for it.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.