Maro
Creature — Elemental
Maro's power and toughness are each equal to the number of cards in your hand.
- CMC
- 4
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- G
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- Mirage
- Price
- $0.43
- EDHREC rank
- #21234
Maro is a creature whose power and toughness equal the number of cards in your hand — run it in a deck that keeps cards flowing and it's regularly a 7/7 or better for four mana. The catch is symmetrical vulnerability: empty your hand and it's a 0/0 that dies on the spot.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | not legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Commander is where Maro earns its keep, slotting into any high-hand-size strategy — Reliquary Tower decks, Thought Vessel builds, or commanders that reward drawing deep. In Legacy and Vintage it's legal but irrelevant; a four-mana vanilla-adjacent creature with no protection doesn't compete in those formats. Modern has enough efficient threats that Maro never broke through, and it's absent from Pioneer and Standard entirely. Oathbreaker mirrors the Commander case: if your planeswalker supports a draw-heavy game plan, Maro can show up as a large, cheap beater.
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Price Context
Current price
$0.43 bulk tier
At $0.43, Maro is firmly bulk — you're paying for cardboard, not scarcity. It holds that floor comfortably given its niche appeal, but there's no pressure to buy in at any particular time.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.