Hero of Goma Fada
Creature — Human Knight Ally
Rally — Whenever this creature or another Ally you control enters, creatures you control gain indestructible until end of turn.
- CMC
- 5
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- W
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- Battle for Zendikar Promos
- Price
- —
- EDHREC rank
- #8929
Hero of Goma Fada blankets your entire attacking force with indestructibility the moment it swings — every creature that attacks alongside it survives combat and any instant-speed removal thrown during the attack step. The five-mana cost is real, but in go-wide token strategies like Sokka, Tenacious Tactician, that single attack trigger can win a game that a board wipe would otherwise end.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Sokka, Tenacious Tactician
Sokka, Tenacious Tactician floods the board with Warriors, and Hero of Goma Fada makes every one of them effectively unkillable on the swing that matters — nearly 41% of Sokka decks run it for exactly that reason.
Katara, the Fearless
Katara, the Fearless builds around aggressive, synergistic attackers, and Hero of Goma Fada converts a wide attack into a consequence-free alpha strike that survives even a well-timed wrath.
Iroh, Tea Master
Iroh, Tea Master rewards value-generating attacks, and Hero of Goma Fada ensures those attackers live to generate that value again next turn.
Sokka and Suki
Sokka and Suki rewards committing multiple creatures to combat, and Hero of Goma Fada removes the primary downside of that commitment by granting the whole team indestructibility mid-swing.
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 |
Hero of Goma Fada is legal across Commander, Legacy, Modern, Pioneer, Vintage, and Oathbreaker, but it almost exclusively shows up in Commander — the format where go-wide boards are common and a single combat-phase indestructibility effect can swing a multiplayer game. In competitive 60-card formats, five mana for a conditional protection effect is far too slow to matter; aggro decks are closing games by turn four, not setting up attack-step insurance. Commander is unambiguously where Hero of Goma Fada earns its slot, specifically in any token or Warrior-tribal shell that expects to throw a large team into a defended board.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
unknown tier
Pricing data for Hero of Goma Fada isn't currently available in our sources, so check Scryfall or TCGPlayer for a live number. Given its niche role as a combat-step indestructibility enabler in go-wide Commander decks, it tends to be an affordable pickup whenever copies are in print.
Explore
Sources
Mentioned
- Sokka, Tenacious Tactician
- Katara, the Fearless
- Iroh, Tea Master
- Sokka and Suki
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.