Hero of the Games
Creature — Human Soldier
Whenever you cast a spell that targets this creature, creatures you control get +1/+0 until end of turn.
- CMC
- 3
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- R
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Theros Beyond Death
- Price
- $0.06
- EDHREC rank
- #25481
Hero of the Games is a bulk rare that doesn't belong in serious lists — a 3/3 for three with a triggered ability that requires you to already be winning to gain incremental life is not a card that changes board states. The cost is low, but so is the ceiling.
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 | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Hero of the Games is legal across Commander, Legacy, Modern, Pioneer, Vintage, Pauper, and Oathbreaker, but legality and playability are different things. In competitive formats like Legacy and Vintage, a three-mana 3/3 with a conditional life-gain trigger doesn't make the cut when every slot demands immediate impact. Pauper runs it at the correct rarity floor — bulk commons and uncommons are the baseline, not a selling point. Commander is where Hero of the Games has the most plausible home, specifically in life-gain or counters-matter shells that can exploit the triggered ability repeatedly, but even there it sits near the bottom of the inclusion hierarchy.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.06 bulk tier
At $0.06, Hero of the Games is deep bulk — the kind of card you find in a box at your LGS, not in a cart. That price won't move; there's no spike target here, just a card that costs less than shipping.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.