Mardu Hordechief
Creature — Human Warrior
Raid — When this creature enters, if you attacked this turn, create a 1/1 white Warrior creature token.
- CMC
- 3
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- W
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Khans of Tarkir
- Price
- $0.05
- EDHREC rank
- #24601
Mardu Hordechief enters as a 2/3 and immediately puts a 1/1 Warrior token on the battlefield, netting two bodies for four mana. That rate is too slow for most competitive contexts, but the built-in token generation makes it a passable role-player in dedicated Warrior tribal builds.
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 Hordechief is a Pauper-legal common, and that's the format where it comes closest to relevance — token-generating commons are at a premium there, and Warrior synergies exist at that rarity. In Commander, it sees niche play in Warrior tribal decks helmed by commanders like Najeela, the Blade-Blossom or Alesha, Who Smiles at Death, where the token doubles the attack-trigger count. Everywhere else — Modern, Pioneer, Legacy — Mardu Hordechief is simply outclassed; four mana for a 2/3 plus a 1/1 token doesn't move the needle in formats with tighter efficiency bars.
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Price Context
Current price
$0.05 bulk tier
At $0.05, Mardu Hordechief is deep bulk — the kind of card you pull from a common box rather than buy individually. There's no realistic pressure that would push this price meaningfully upward, so grab it as a throw-in and don't think twice about the cost.
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.