Pheres-Band Raiders
Creature — Centaur Warrior
Inspired — Whenever this creature becomes untapped, you may pay 
. If you do, create a 3/3 green Centaur enchantment creature token.
- CMC
- 6
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- G
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Born of the Gods
- Price
- $0.15
- EDHREC rank
- #27199
Pheres-Band Raiders enters as a 5/5 trampler and immediately puts a +1/+1 counter on every other Centaur you control — substantial board impact in a tribal shell. The cost is seven mana and a creature type that has to already be on the board to justify 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 | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Pheres-Band Raiders is a Commander card front to back — seven mana for a creature with no enters-the-battlefield value outside a specific tribal board state is unplayable everywhere else. In Legacy, Modern, and Pioneer the rate is simply too slow for any competitive context, and the Centaur payoff requires tribal infrastructure that no viable deck in those formats supports. In Commander, it belongs only in dedicated Centaur builds, where the counter distribution is a meaningful payoff rather than a blank.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.15 bulk tier
At $0.15, Pheres-Band Raiders is deep bulk — the kind of card you pick up as an afterthought when ordering singles. Price stability is essentially guaranteed: there's no competitive demand to drive it up, and it's already at the floor.
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Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.