Hero of Oxid Ridge
Creature — Human Knight
Haste
Battle cry (Whenever this creature attacks, each other attacking creature gets +1/+0 until end of turn.)
Whenever this creature attacks, creatures with power 1 or less can't block this turn.
- CMC
- 4
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- R
- Rarity
- mythic
- Set
- Mirrodin Besieged
- Price
- $0.61
- EDHREC rank
- #19303
Hero of Oxid Ridge hits the board with haste and immediately blanks small blockers — the battlecry ability means your whole team punches through chump-blocking strategies the turn it enters. Four mana for a 4/2 is a real cost, but in aggressive red decks that care about closing games fast, it earns its slot.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | not legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
In Commander, Hero of Oxid Ridge is a role-player in aggressive red or Goblin token strategies — the battlecry ability solves a real problem (chump blocking) that creature-wide boards face in multiplayer. In Legacy and Vintage, a 4/2 haste for four mana doesn't clear the bar when Goblin decks have faster, more powerful options, so it sees essentially no competitive play there. Modern is similarly cold: the format's aggressive red decks want stronger rate cards at the four-drop slot. Hero of Oxid Ridge lives and dies in Commander, specifically in decks that go wide and need a one-shot combat breakthrough rather than a recurring engine.
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Price Context
Current price
$0.61 bulk tier
At $0.61, Hero of Oxid Ridge is deep bulk — cheap enough to include without a second thought if the effect fits your deck. Bulk red creatures with narrow applications rarely climb in price, so don't expect this to appreciate.
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.