Renegade Bull
Creature — Ox
Trample
Whenever you cast an instant or sorcery spell, this creature gets +X/+0 until end of turn, where X is that spell's mana value.
Whenever this creature attacks, exile up to one target instant or sorcery card from your graveyard and copy it. You may cast the copy without paying its mana cost.
- CMC
- 5
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- R
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- Secrets of Strixhaven Commander
- Price
- $0.37
- EDHREC rank
- #17289
Renegade Bull is a two-mana 3/1 with trample — a stat line that hits hard on turn two but evaporates to any blocker or ping effect. Outside of Rootha, Mastering the Moment, where the low cost fits a specific shell, it rarely justifies a slot over creatures with comparable power and actual staying power.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Rootha, Mastering the Moment
Rootha, Mastering the Moment leans on cheap red creatures to enable its copy-spell triggers, and Renegade Bull's two-mana cost slots cleanly into that low-curve engine while the trample ensures damage gets through when combat is part of the plan.
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 |
Renegade Bull is legal in Commander, Legacy, Vintage, and Oathbreaker, but format legality is doing most of the heavy lifting here — it sees virtually no Legacy or Vintage play, where a 3/1 for two with trample doesn't compete with anything in those card pools. In Commander it shows up almost exclusively in Rootha, Mastering the Moment lists, where the low cost fits the shell rather than any inherent power in the card itself. Oathbreaker is the one fringe context where aggressive cheap creatures have a slightly better case, but even there Renegade Bull is competing against a crowded field of two-drops with more relevant text.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.37 bulk tier
At $0.37, Renegade Bull is bulk, and that price accurately reflects the card's power level. It won't appreciate — bulk commons and uncommons with narrow appeal don't move — so treat it as a zero-cost include or a skip, not a pickup.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.