Norwood Riders
Creature — Elf
This creature can't be blocked by more than one creature.
- CMC
- 4
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- G
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Portal Second Age
- Price
- $0.86
- EDHREC rank
- #28869
Norwood Riders is a 4/1 for four mana with a drawback that prevents it from blocking — a statline so unimpressive it rarely justifies a roster spot. The aggressive body doesn't compensate for the lost defensive utility, and four mana in green buys considerably more.
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 |
Norwood Riders is legal in Commander, Legacy, Vintage, Pauper, and Oathbreaker, but legal and playable are different things. In Pauper, where commons compete on efficiency, a 4/1 that can't block gets lapped by green creatures with better stats or relevant abilities at the same cost. In Commander, four mana for a vanilla-adjacent body with a downside is a non-starter — the format's power ceiling is simply too high. Legacy and Vintage don't want it either; those formats demand utility or raw power that Norwood Riders doesn't provide.
Key Combos
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Price Context
Current price
$0.86 bulk tier
At $0.86, Norwood Riders sits at the high end of bulk pricing for a card with no competitive demand. The price won't climb — there's no shell that wants it — so treat it as a throwaway if it shows up in a collection.
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.