Mardu Hateblade
Creature — Human Warrior
: This creature gains deathtouch until end of turn. (Any amount of damage it deals to a creature is enough to destroy it.)
- CMC
- 1
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- BW
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Khans of Tarkir
- Price
- $0.10
- EDHREC rank
- #25704
Mardu Hateblade is a 1/1 for one white mana that gains deathtouch when you're in a clan — functional on the board, forgettable in the 99. A one-mana deathtouch creature has a narrow ceiling, and outside of very specific tribal or aristocrats shells, better options exist at this slot.
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 |
Mardu Hateblade is legal in Commander, Legacy, Modern, Pioneer, Vintage, Pauper, and Oathbreaker, but format legality is about the only thing working in its favor across most of them. In Commander, a 1/1 deathtouch for one white mana is passable as a speed bump but competes with creatures that either do more on entry or scale with the game. In Pauper, where one-mana creatures are held to a higher standard, Mardu Hateblade's conditional deathtouch makes it a fringe consideration at best. Legacy and Vintage have no interest in it whatsoever.
Key Combos
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Price Context
Current price
$0.10 bulk tier
At $0.10, Mardu Hateblade is deep bulk — you're not buying it for portfolio reasons, you're buying it because you need a cheap body with deathtouch and you've exhausted better options. That price isn't going anywhere.
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Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.