Pride of the Road
Creature — Zombie Cat Warrior
Vigilance
Start your engines! (If you have no speed, it starts at 1. It increases once on each of your turns when an opponent loses life. Max speed is 4.)
Max speed — At the beginning of combat on your turn, target creature or Vehicle you control gains double strike until end of turn.
- CMC
- 4
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- W
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Aetherdrift
- Price
- $0.08
- EDHREC rank
- #16886
Pride of the Road puts a 3/3 trample body on the board for three mana — a rate that's already acceptable — and the vehicles payoff makes it genuinely good in any deck built around Samut, the Driving Force. The cost is zero setup: you get the stats immediately, no crew required.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Samut, the Driving Force
Samut, the Driving Force untaps creatures that crew vehicles, turning Pride of the Road into a repeatable combat engine — crew to trigger Samut, untap, attack again.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | legal |
| standard | legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
In Commander, Pride of the Road is a role-player, not a centerpiece — it fills a curve slot in vehicles or Gruul aggro builds and does its job without demanding support. In competitive 60-card formats like Modern and Pioneer, a vanilla 3/3 trample for three rarely makes the cut outside of dedicated tribal or vehicle synergy shells. Standard is the most likely home outside Commander, where the vehicles type can matter and early boards aren't always trading with higher-powered interaction. Legacy and Vintage are non-starters for a card with no broken ceiling.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.08 bulk tier
At $0.08, Pride of the Road is deep bulk — you're paying for cardboard, not the card. Bulk commons and uncommons at this price point don't hold value and aren't expected to; just pick one up from a box or a bulk bin and move on.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.