Oran-Rief Survivalist

Creature — Human Warrior Ally

Whenever this creature or another Ally you control enters, you may put a +1/+1 counter on this creature.

CMC
2
Mana cost
{1}{G}
Color identity
G
Rarity
common
Set
Zendikar
Price
$0.15
EDHREC rank
#17530
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Oran-Rief Survivalist card art
Oran-Rief Survivalist enters as a 1/1 and snowballs into a legitimate threat every time another Ally enters behind it — the power is cumulative and immediate, not theoretical. In the right shell, specifically anything helmed by Katara, the Fearless, it pulls its weight well above its one-mana cost.

Best Commanders

Commanders with the highest synergy

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Katara, the Fearless

Katara, the Fearless

17.7% of decks · synergy 0.17

Katara, the Fearless triggers Ally landfall mechanics and chains enter-the-battlefield effects in sequence, which means Oran-Rief Survivalist can stack multiple +1/+1 counters in a single turn and turn into a mid-game threat without any extra investment.

Format Analysis

Where it lives, where it can’t

FormatVerdict
commander
legacy
modern
pioneer
standard
vintage
pauper
oathbreaker

Commander is the natural home for Oran-Rief Survivalist — Ally tribal synergies reward the wide, repetitive ETB chains that multiplayer games generate, and a 1/1 that grows passively fits easily into a 99. In Pauper, it's a legitimate role-player in Ally aggro, where common-legal support like Harabaz Druid and Jwari Shapeshifter make the tribal engine functional enough to win. Legacy and Vintage are legal but irrelevant — the power floor is too low to compete with those formats' turn-2 kill potential. Oran-Rief Survivalist is a Commander and Pauper card, full stop.

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Price Context

Current price

$0.15 bulk tier

At $0.15, Oran-Rief Survivalist is deep bulk — you're paying for cardboard and postage, not the card itself. Bulk tribal commons rarely spike unless the tribe gets a major new commander printing, so don't expect movement, but at this price there's no reason not to own a playset.

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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.