Fiend Binder
Creature — Human Soldier
Whenever this creature attacks, tap target creature defending player controls.
- CMC
- 4
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- W
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Eldritch Moon
- Price
- $0.03
- EDHREC rank
- #27182
Fiend Binder taps a creature on attack — a reasonable rate of disruption stapled to a 3/3 body for four mana. The effect is real, but four mana for a vanilla-sized creature with a single tap trigger is too slow for most competitive tables.
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 |
Fiend Binder is legal in Commander, Legacy, Modern, Pioneer, Vintage, Pauper, and Oathbreaker, but it earns a slot almost exclusively in Pauper, where common-only card pools make a 3/3 with a relevant tap effect more competitive. In Commander, the four-mana investment for a single tap-on-attack is too low-impact — there are simply better ways to control a key threat. Across Legacy, Modern, and Vintage, Fiend Binder doesn't come close to the power threshold those formats demand.
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Price Context
Current price
$0.03 bulk tier
At $0.03, Fiend Binder is deep bulk — the kind of card you pull from a box rather than buy. There's no pressure to acquire it, and no expectation that demand will move the price.
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Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.