Frillscare Mentor
Creature — Human Warrior
When this creature enters, put a menace counter on target non-Human creature you control. (It can't be blocked except by two or more creatures.)
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: Put a +1/+1 counter on each creature you control with menace.
- CMC
- 3
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- R
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Ikoria: Lair of Behemoths
- Price
- $0.10
- EDHREC rank
- #21612
Frillscare Mentor turns every Dinosaur you cast into a board-wide intimidation effect, giving your team menace until end of turn for free on top of whatever the creature already does. The cost — a four-mana 3/3 with no immediate impact — is real, but in a dedicated Dinosaur shell the ceiling is high enough to justify the slot.
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 | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Commander is where Frillscare Mentor actually lives. Dinosaur tribal has enough density and enough payoff commanders to exploit the repeated menace trigger every turn, and a four-mana enchantment creature survives long enough to matter in a multiplayer game. In competitive non-rotating formats like Modern and Legacy, Frillscare Mentor is strictly a casual option — Dinosaurs lack the support to compete at those tables, and a 3/3 for four with a conditional triggered ability doesn't clear the bar on rate alone. Pioneer sits in the same category: the tribe exists but not at a level where this effect is a winning line. Play it in Commander and only Commander.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.10 bulk tier
At $0.10, Frillscare Mentor is deep bulk — the kind of card you pull from a bargain bin without thinking twice. That price is stable in the way bulk rares always are: it's not going anywhere up, but it also costs nothing to include in a Dinosaur deck where it earns its spot.
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Sources
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.