Huang Zhong, Shu General
Legendary Creature — Human Soldier
Huang Zhong can't be blocked by more than one creature.
- CMC
- 4
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- W
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- Portal Three Kingdoms
- Price
- $100.77
- EDHREC rank
- #28628
Huang Zhong, Shu General puts a repeatable, untargetable damage source into the command zone — the combination of first strike and a built-in protection mechanic means he demands an answer every turn he attacks. The cost is steep: five mana for a 3/3 is poor rate, and he does nothing the turn he enters.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | not legal |
| pioneer | not legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Commander is the only format where Huang Zhong, Shu General is worth discussing — he was printed for that audience and his design is built around the long-game attrition that multiplayer rewards. In Legacy and Vintage he's technically legal but competes with cards that end games on turns one through three, which leaves him with no realistic role. He's locked out of Modern, Pioneer, Standard, and Pauper entirely, so if you're playing those formats, he simply isn't an option.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Budget Alternatives
Cheaper options that do most of the same work
Huang Zhong, Shu General occupies a specific niche — a legendarily-named, evasion-adjacent attacker built for Three Kingdoms-themed builds — so direct mechanical replacements are sparse. For the role of a resilient, first-strike attacker at a lower price point, cards like Odric, Lunarch Marshal or Danitha Capashen, Paragon cover similar ground for well under a dollar, though neither carries the thematic identity that makes Huang Zhong relevant in dedicated Portal Three Kingdoms lists.
Price Context
Current price
$100.77 premium tier
At $100.77, Huang Zhong, Shu General sits firmly in the premium tier, driven almost entirely by Portal Three Kingdoms scarcity rather than raw power. The price has historically held because supply is fixed and collector demand for the set is consistent, but buyers should treat this as a reserved-supply collectible first and a gameplay card second.
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.