Orc General
Creature — Orc Warrior
, Sacrifice another Orc or Goblin: Other Orc creatures get +1/+1 until end of turn.
- CMC
- 3
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- R
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Masters Edition II
- Price
- —
- EDHREC rank
- #28353
Orc General puts a repeatable token-generating or lord effect on the board for a low mana investment — the kind of card that compounds quickly in go-wide strategies. It earns its slot in any deck that wants bodies in bulk and doesn't mind paying creature-type synergy tax to get them.
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 |
Orc General is legal in Commander, Legacy, Vintage, and Oathbreaker, and that's the full list — Modern, Pioneer, Standard, and Pauper all exclude it. Commander is the natural home: tribal and token strategies have the density of synergy pieces to make Orc General pull real weight over a long game. Legacy and Vintage are legal on paper but too fast and too hostile to three-mana creatures without immediate board impact for Orc General to matter competitively. Oathbreaker mirrors the Commander experience at a smaller scale, where the shorter game slightly diminishes the value of incremental token generation.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
unknown tier
Pricing data for Orc General isn't currently available, so check Scryfall or TCGPlayer for the live number before buying. Given its narrow tribal application, it tends to be an inexpensive pickup — but verify before assuming it's bulk.
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.