Ghired, Conclave Exile

Legendary Creature — Human Shaman

When Ghired enters, create a 4/4 green Rhino creature token with trample.
Whenever Ghired attacks, populate. The token enters tapped and attacking. (To populate, create a token that's a copy of a creature token you control.)

CMC
5
Mana cost
{2}{R}{G}{W}
Color identity
GRW
Rarity
mythic
Set
Commander 2019
Price
EDHREC rank
#11472
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Ghired, Conclave Exile card art
Ghired, Conclave Exile enters with a 4/4 Rhino token and then populates on every combat attack — that's a token doubler stapled to a five-mana body that immediately threatens to snowball. The cost is the mana investment and the legendary constraint, but Ghired, Mirror of the Wilds and Aurelia, the Warleader both show why the payoff is worth building around.

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Ghired, Mirror of the Wilds

Ghired, Mirror of the Wilds

36.3% of decks · synergy 0.35

Ghired, Mirror of the Wilds copies spells that target your creatures, so pairing it with Ghired, Conclave Exile turns a single pump spell or flicker effect into a cascade of populate triggers — the two cards share a name, a token theme, and a game plan that compounds every turn.

Format Analysis

Where it lives, where it can’t

FormatVerdict
commander
legacy
modern
pioneer
standard
vintage
pauper
oathbreaker

Ghired, Conclave Exile is where it belongs in Commander — a five-mana legendary that generates immediate board presence and scales exponentially with attack steps is exactly the kind of card that thrives in a 40-life multiplayer format where you have time to build. In Legacy and Vintage, where it's technically legal, the five-mana cost and creature-based game plan are too slow to matter against the format's combo and tempo threats. Oathbreaker is theoretically viable, but the 20-life clock and narrower card pool make the populate engine harder to sustain.

Key Combos

Combo lines featuring this card

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Ghired, Conclave ExileBreath of FuryMass Hysteria

Ghired, Conclave ExileBreath of FuryMass Hysteria

Infinite combat damage; Infinite combat phases; Infinite death triggers; Infinite ETB; Infinite LTB; Infinite mana creatures you control can produce; Infinite sacrifice triggers; Infinite untap of creatures you control

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Ghired, Conclave ExileBreath of FuryFervor

Ghired, Conclave ExileBreath of FuryFervor

Infinite combat damage; Infinite combat phases; Infinite death triggers; Infinite ETB; Infinite LTB; Infinite mana creatures you control can produce; Infinite sacrifice triggers; Infinite untap of creatures you control

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Price Context

Current price

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Pricing data for Ghired, Conclave Exile isn't available in the current feed, so check Scryfall or TCGPlayer for the live number. As a Precon-origin legendary that sees consistent Commander play, it tends to sit in the accessible range — worth picking up for any token or populate build regardless of where it lands.

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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.