Noble Quarry
Enchantment Creature — Unicorn
Bestow 
(If you cast this card for its bestow cost, it's an Aura spell with enchant creature. It becomes a creature again if it's not attached.)
All creatures able to block this creature or enchanted creature do so.
Enchanted creature gets +1/+1.
- CMC
- 3
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- G
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Born of the Gods
- Price
- $0.12
- EDHREC rank
- #14822
Noble Quarry forces every creature an opponent controls to block it — staple it onto your biggest threat and that threat connects unblocked or your opponent trades their entire board to stop it. The cost is three mana and a creature that will draw every removal spell in the room before it ever attacks.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
General Marhault Elsdragon
General Marhault Elsdragon triggers on being blocked by multiple creatures, so Noble Quarry is a direct engine piece — slap it on Marhault, attack, and every blocker your opponent throws at him becomes a free +1/+1 counter.
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 |
Noble Quarry is a Commander-specific card in practice — the forced-block effect only matters when you're swinging into a defended board over multiple turns, which describes Commander far better than any sixty-card format. In Legacy, Modern, or Pioneer, three mana for a Lure on a 1/1 body is unplayably slow against decks that win on turns two through four. Commander is where it lives, specifically in Voltron or combat-trigger builds that want to guarantee their commander connects and punish opponents for blocking.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.12 bulk tier
At $0.12, Noble Quarry is deep bulk — pick it up in any common/uncommon lot without a second thought. Bulk foils occasionally trade slightly above that floor, but there's no meaningful price floor to track here.
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Sources
Mentioned
- General Marhault Elsdragon
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.