Noble Steeds
Enchantment
: Target creature gains first strike until end of turn.
- CMC
- 3
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- W
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Alliances
- Price
- $0.16
- EDHREC rank
- #28367
Noble Steeds gives all your creatures first strike for three mana, then keeps paying that out every turn via its untap ability — the ongoing value is the point, not the one-time effect. It's a niche enchantment that earns its slot in creature-combat decks and almost nowhere else.
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 | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Noble Steeds is legal in Commander, Legacy, Vintage, Pauper, and Oathbreaker — but Legacy and Vintage have no realistic use for a three-mana enchantment that enables first strike when those formats end games on turns one and two. Pauper is the format where Noble Steeds has the most theoretical footing, since combat-centric white aggro decks exist at that power level and first strike on a board of small creatures actually trades favorably. In Commander, it's a role-player in go-wide white decks that plan to win through combat — Odric, Lunarch Marshal and similar keyword-distribution commanders get the most out of it, but even there it competes with cheaper or more impactful options.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.16 bulk tier
At $0.16, Noble Steeds is deep bulk — you're paying almost nothing for a situational enchantment, and that price reflects the demand accurately. Don't expect it to climb; it's not a card that shows up on radar outside of very specific brews.
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.