Rearing Embermare
Creature — Horse Beast
Reach, haste
- CMC
- 5
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- R
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Secrets of Strixhaven
- Price
- $0.06
- EDHREC rank
- #28431
Rearing Embermare enters as a 3/3 with haste and taps down a creature or planeswalker an opponent controls — immediate pressure plus a pseudo-removal effect on the same body. Four mana for a one-time tap effect is just above the rate where it earns a slot outside dedicated synergy builds.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | legal |
| standard | legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
In Commander, Rearing Embermare is a fringe inclusion — the tap effect is real, but four mana for a 3/3 that doesn't repeatedly generate value gets cut when the 99 tightens. It finds the most traction in Hofri Ghostforge or Delina, Wild Mage shells where the enter-the-battlefield trigger fires multiple times. In Pauper it's a common, and the haste-plus-tap combination is legitimately disruptive in aggressive red strategies that want to punch through blockers. Constructed formats from Pioneer up ignore it entirely — the rate doesn't compete.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.06 bulk tier
At $0.06, Rearing Embermare is deep bulk — you're paying for cardboard and postage, not the card. Bulk commons rarely move off the floor, so there's no meaningful price consideration here: if the effect fits your deck, the cost is irrelevant.
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.