Mindblade Render
Creature — Azra Warrior
Whenever your opponents are dealt combat damage, if any of that damage was dealt by a Warrior, you draw a card and you lose 1 life.
- CMC
- 2
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- B
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- Battlebond
- Price
- $0.35
- EDHREC rank
- #5734
Mindblade Render turns every combat step into a draw trigger — as long as you're attacking with a Warrior, each hit draws a card, which in a dedicated tribal shell is effectively a free card per turn with zero mana investment after the initial two-drop. Burakos, Party Leader // Folk Hero makes this trivially easy to satisfy, meaning you're drawing on Burakos's attack and every Warrior that connects alongside him.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Burakos, Party Leader // Folk Hero
Burakos, Party Leader // Folk Hero is a Warrior himself, so Mindblade Render's condition is met the moment Burakos swings — you're drawing cards and generating gold tokens off the same attack step.
Nalia de'Arnise
Nalia de'Arnise cares about creatures with the Rogue, Warrior, Wizard, or Cleric types, and a Warrior-heavy party list makes Mindblade Render a near-guaranteed draw engine every combat.
Zurgo, Thunder's Decree
Zurgo, Thunder's Decree leads a Warrior tribal shell by design, and Mindblade Render slots straight in as the draw piece the archetype is constantly hunting for.
The Destined Warrior
The Destined Warrior builds around attacking Warriors, so Mindblade Render is a natural fit that converts that aggression directly into card advantage.
Zurgo Stormrender
Zurgo Stormrender incentivizes going wide with Warriors, and Mindblade Render rewards exactly that by drawing a card whenever any Warrior in the swarm connects.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | not legal |
| pioneer | not legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Mindblade Render is a Commander card through and through — the draw trigger only matters if you're building around a Warrior-centric commander, and the tribal payoff has no real home in Legacy or Vintage where the creature is too fragile and the synergy requirement too narrow. In Commander it earns its slot in dedicated Warrior tribal decks, where consistent combat means consistent draws off a two-drop that curves cleanly into almost any strategy. Oathbreaker is the one other format where it could see fringe play, again only in a Warrior-focused build.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.35 bulk tier
At $0.35, Mindblade Render is deep bulk — you're paying pennies for a card that does real work in the right shell. That price is stable; it's not a hidden gem waiting to spike, just an efficient piece that Warrior tribal players should own multiples of without thinking twice.
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Sources
Mentioned
- Burakos, Party Leader // Folk Hero
- Nalia de'Arnise
- Zurgo, Thunder's Decree
- The Destined Warrior
- Zurgo Stormrender
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.