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Heidar, Rimewind Master

Legendary Creature — Human Wizard

{2}, {T}: Return target permanent to its owner's hand. Activate only if you control four or more snow permanents.

CMC
5
Mana cost
{4}{U}
Color identity
U
Rarity
rare
Set
Coldsnap
Price
$0.45
EDHREC rank
#15994
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Heidar, Rimewind Master card art
Heidar, Rimewind Master turns four snow permanents into a repeatable, uncounterable bounce engine — every activation is a tempo hit that doesn't require cards or mana beyond the tap cost. The catch is that snow permanents demand real deck-building constraints, which makes Heidar mostly irrelevant outside dedicated snow shells and lock strategies built around Stasis or Isu the Abominable.

Best Commanders

Commanders with the highest synergy

01
Isu the Abominable

Isu the Abominable

36.2% of decks · synergy 0.36

Isu the Abominable's entire identity is the snow payoff pile, and Heidar, Rimewind Master slotting in at 36% inclusion reflects that — Isu generates the snow-permanent density Heidar needs while Heidar returns problematic permanents to hand before opponents can use them.

02

Jorn, God of Winter

35.9% of decks · synergy 0.35

Jorn, God of Winter untaps snow permanents on attack, which means Heidar, Rimewind Master can threaten multiple bounce activations in a single turn cycle — Jorn supplies the mana engine and Heidar taxes the board with it.

Format Analysis

Where it lives, where it can’t

FormatVerdict
commander legal
legacy legal
modern legal
pioneer not legal
standard not legal
vintage legal
pauper not legal
oathbreaker legal

Commander is where Heidar, Rimewind Master actually functions — the format's singleton rule and slower pace give snow-tribal shells time to assemble the permanent density required for consistent activations. In Legacy and Vintage, a five-mana 3/3 with a tap ability reads as unplayable; both formats move too fast for that rate, and dedicated snow mana packages don't exist competitively there. Oathbreaker is legal and theoretically viable in the right snow shell, but the 20-life starting total compresses games enough that Heidar's grind-oriented bounce rarely closes things out in time.

Key Combos

Combo lines featuring this card

Price Context

Current price

$0.45 bulk tier

At $0.45, Heidar, Rimewind Master sits firmly in bulk territory — accessible for anyone building the snow shell it requires. Demand is narrow enough that the price is unlikely to move unless a new snow commander drives a spike in the archetype.

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