Rashida Scalebane
Legendary Creature — Human Soldier
: Destroy target attacking or blocking Dragon. It can't be regenerated. You gain life equal to its power.
- CMC
- 5
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- W
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- Mirage
- Price
- $3.65
- EDHREC rank
- #26667
Rashida Scalebane enters, taps, and exiles a Dragon or Zombie without triggering death abilities — that's a removal spell stapled to a 4/4 body for five mana. Narrow as a hate piece, but in metas where Scion of the Ur-Dragon or The Scarab God are regulars, it pulls double duty.
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 |
In Commander, Rashida Scalebane earns a slot exactly when your table runs heavy Dragon or Zombie tribal — against a Miirym, Sentinel Wyrm or Wilhelt, the Rotcleaver build, the exile clause matters more than the body. Legacy and Vintage are legal but uninterested; five mana for a conditional creature is nowhere near the rate those formats demand. Oathbreaker has the same logic as Commander: run it if Dragons or Zombies are problems at your table, skip it otherwise.
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Price Context
Current price
$3.65 cheap tier
At $3.65, Rashida Scalebane sits in the cheap tier — reasonable given how narrow its application is. It won't appreciate without a dramatic upswing in competitive Dragon or Zombie commanders, so treat it as a pickup-and-play piece, not a hold.
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.