Pensive Minotaur
Creature — Minotaur Warrior
- CMC
- 3
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- R
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Journey into Nyx
- Price
- $0.02
- EDHREC rank
- #28160
Pensive Minotaur is a 2/3 vanilla creature for three mana with no abilities — it does nothing beyond occupying a slot on the battlefield. Every competitive format has better options at this cost, and there is no build that wants it.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Pensive Minotaur is legal in Commander, Legacy, Modern, Pioneer, Vintage, Pauper, and Oathbreaker, but legality and playability are different things. In Commander, a 2/3 with no text competes against hundreds of three-drop creatures that generate value, enable combos, or advance a game plan — it loses that competition at every table. In Pauper, where efficient commons matter most, a statline this underwhelming without any upside fails to make the cut. Across every other format it's technically legal in, the card sees zero competitive or casual play.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.02 bulk tier
At $0.02, Pensive Minotaur sits at the absolute floor of bulk pricing, and that price is accurate. There is no trajectory that moves this card — it holds bulk value because that is all it has ever been worth.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.