Pardic Miner
Creature — Dwarf
Sacrifice this creature: Target player can't play lands this turn.
- CMC
- 2
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- R
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- Odyssey
- Price
- $0.48
- EDHREC rank
- #23918
Pardic Miner locks a target opponent out of tapping Mountains for as long as it stays in play — a hard stop on red mana that costs you two mana and a creature slot. The effect is narrow but absolute; in the right matchup it's a one-card soft lock, and in the wrong one it does nothing.
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 |
In Commander, Pardic Miner is a hate piece you slot specifically when your meta has a red-heavy archenemy — think Krenko, Mob Boss or Magda, Brazen Outlaw players who lean on Mountains as their primary resource. Legacy and Vintage have the card pool to support land-denial strategies, but dedicated stax shells there prefer effects with broader reach than a single basic land type. Pardic Miner is legal in Oathbreaker by the same logic as Commander, and the same niche applies: useful against one opponent, dead weight against three others.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.48 bulk tier
At $0.48, Pardic Miner is deep bulk — you're paying almost nothing for a hard-to-abuse corner-case effect. The price is stable because demand is narrow; it won't spike without a dominant Mountains-reliant commander shaking up the format.
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Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.