Mardu Woe-Reaper
Creature — Human Warrior
Whenever this creature or another Warrior you control enters, you may exile target creature card from a graveyard. If you do, you gain 1 life.
- CMC
- 1
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- W
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Fate Reforged
- Price
- $0.20
- EDHREC rank
- #16486
Mardu Woe-Reaper is a 2/1 first striker for one white mana that incidentally exiles creatures from graveyards and gains you a life each time a Warrior enters the battlefield under your control. The body is legitimately efficient and the graveyard hate is free — run it in any white Warrior deck without hesitation.
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 | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
In Commander, Mardu Woe-Reaper slots into Warrior tribal builds where the life gain stacks and the graveyard exile disrupts reanimator strategies passively. Modern and Legacy have more efficient one-drops competing for the same slot, so Mardu Woe-Reaper is a strict Warrior-tribal card in those formats rather than a generic aggro piece. Pioneer offers a slightly weaker field, where a first-striking 2/1 for one is more relevant, but again the payoff scales with Warrior density. Across formats, the graveyard trigger is low-impact in isolation — it shines only when opponents are actively grinding with the yard.
Key Combos
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Price Context
Current price
$0.20 bulk tier
At $0.20, Mardu Woe-Reaper is deep bulk — a pickup cost so low it's essentially free when assembling a Warrior package. Bulk commons and uncommons at this price point don't appreciate, but there's no reason not to own a playset.
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.