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Longshot, Rebel Bowman

Legendary Creature — Human Rebel Ally

Reach (This creature can block creatures with flying.)
Noncreature spells you cast cost {1} less to cast.
Whenever you cast a noncreature spell, Longshot deals 2 damage to each opponent.

CMC
4
Mana cost
{3}{R}
Color identity
R
Rarity
uncommon
Set
Avatar: The Last Airbender Eternal
Price
$9.25
EDHREC rank
#3977
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Longshot, Rebel Bowman card art
Longshot, Rebel Bowman turns every spell into a free ping, and in Lorehold, the Historian or Birgi, God of Storytelling // Harnfel, Horn of Bounty storm-off shells that adds up to a kill condition fast. Two mana for a repeatable damage trigger on a 2/3 body is the kind of rate that makes the card see play in nearly half of Lorehold lists.

Best Commanders

Commanders with the highest synergy

01
Lorehold, the Historian

Lorehold, the Historian

48.9% of decks · synergy 0.45

Lorehold, the Historian builds around casting spells off the top repeatedly, and Longshot, Rebel Bowman converts each of those free casts into direct damage — making it one of the deck's primary win conditions rather than incidental value.

02
Iroh, Grand Lotus

Iroh, Grand Lotus

43.5% of decks · synergy 0.39

Iroh, Grand Lotus rewards you for casting spells across multiple colors, and Longshot, Rebel Bowman tags every one of them for damage, doubling up on the turn's value whether you're going wide or going long.

04
Black Waltz No. 3

Black Waltz No. 3

28.2% of decks · synergy 0.26

Black Waltz No. 3 cares about instants and sorceries, and Longshot, Rebel Bowman provides a complementary pinger effect that pressures life totals independently of combat.

05
Tor Wauki the Younger

Tor Wauki the Younger

21.5% of decks · synergy 0.19

Tor Wauki the Younger already deals damage when you cast instants and sorceries, and stacking Longshot, Rebel Bowman on top doubles the punishment per spell cast.

Format Analysis

Where it lives, where it can’t

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

Commander is where Longshot, Rebel Bowman lives — the format's longer games give the triggered damage time to accumulate, and Izzet spell-slinger and Avatar: The Last Airbender commanders give it exactly the density of spell casts it needs to matter. Legacy and Vintage legality is largely academic; two-mana 2/3s with conditional triggers don't compete in those formats. Oathbreaker is a plausible home if you're building a high-frequency spell deck there, though the smaller starting life total compresses the window for damage to add up.

Key Combos

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Budget Alternatives

Cheaper options that do most of the same work

Guttersnipe is the closest functional replacement at well under a dollar — it deals 2 damage to each opponent on every instant or sorcery rather than any spell, which is narrower but usually hits the same targets in spell-heavy builds. Firebrand Archer covers noncreature spells for the same price and similarly goes wide on damage, though neither replaces the reach Longshot, Rebel Bowman provides in decks that lean on artifacts or enchantments to fuel their turn.

Price Context

Current price

$9.25 mid tier

At $9.25, Longshot, Rebel Bowman sits in the mid tier — expensive enough that you're making a deliberate choice, not a filler pick. Given its near-50% inclusion rate in Lorehold, the Historian and strong numbers across Avatar-themed commanders, the price reflects genuine demand rather than hype.

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