Pride of Lions
Creature — Cat
You may have this creature assign its combat damage as though it weren't blocked.
- CMC
- 5
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- G
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Starter 1999
- Price
- $0.69
- EDHREC rank
- #23920
Pride of Lions punches through any blocker by dealing its combat damage to the player directly — on a 4/4 body for five mana, that's a reliable clock that chump blockers can't answer. The cost is real: five mana for a vanilla-statted creature with no evasion and no enter-the-battlefield effect is a steep ask in any powered environment.
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 |
Commander is where Pride of Lions sees the most play, slotting into Voltron and combat-damage-matters builds where the trample-replacement ability ensures your buffed creature always connects with the face. Legacy and Vintage are legal but irrelevant — five mana for a 4/4 with no immediate impact doesn't compete. Oathbreaker is similarly legal but faces the same curve pressure. Pride of Lions is a Commander card through and through, and even there it competes against creatures that bring more text for the same or lower cost.
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Price Context
Current price
$0.69 bulk tier
At $0.69, Pride of Lions sits firmly in bulk territory — it's cheap to pick up and easy to slot in without budget friction. Bulk rares rarely appreciate unless they spike from competitive play, and nothing on the horizon suggests Pride of Lions breaks that pattern.
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.