Proud Wildbonder
Creature — Human Warrior
Trample
Creatures you control with trample have "You may have this creature assign its combat damage as though it weren't blocked."
- CMC
- 4
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- GR
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Ikoria: Lair of Behemoths
- Price
- $0.10
- EDHREC rank
- #12671
Proud Wildbonder gives your creatures with power 4 or greater trample and hexproof during combat — simultaneously closing off chump blocks and shutting down combat tricks and removal at instant speed. The cost is four mana for a 3/3 body that does nothing until creatures are attacking, which makes it a liability in any deck not built around big green threats. In the right shell, though, it's a two-line staple; in the wrong one, it's a dead card.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Zilortha, Strength Incarnate
Zilortha, Strength Incarnate already turns every creature's power into its toughness for combat damage calculation, and Proud Wildbonder stacks on top by guaranteeing those massive attackers punch through blockers and dodge instant-speed removal — the two cards essentially form a two-piece 'your creatures are unstoppable in combat' package.
General Marhault Elsdragon
General Marhault Elsdragon grants rampage, which scales off the number of creatures assigned to block, and Proud Wildbonder's trample means that extra power doesn't get wasted on a single blocker — the hexproof clause keeps Marhault and your key attackers alive through the combat step long enough to actually collect those bonuses.
Surrak Dragonclaw
Surrak Dragonclaw already gives your creature spells flash and can't be countered, and Proud Wildbonder extends that theme of making your board resistant to disruption by locking out combat tricks once attacks are declared — together they cover the stack and the combat step.
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 |
Proud Wildbonder is a Commander card through and through — its effect is too conditional and too slow for the sixty-card formats where it's technically legal. In Modern, Pioneer, Legacy, and Vintage, a four-mana 3/3 that only protects creatures during combat doesn't come close to the efficiency bar, and hexproof-at-combat-declaration is far weaker than hexproof at all times. Commander is where it earns its slot, specifically in Gruul stompy builds that go wide with power-4-plus creatures and need protection from the inevitable instant-speed removal players fire during combat.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.10 bulk tier
At $0.10, Proud Wildbonder is deep bulk — grab a copy out of any commons-and-bulk bin without a second thought. The price reflects its narrow application: it's not going anywhere in value, but for the decks that want it, the cost of entry is essentially zero.
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Sources
Mentioned
- Zilortha, Strength Incarnate
- General Marhault Elsdragon
- Surrak Dragonclaw
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.