Resilient Roadrunner
Creature — Bird
Haste, protection from Coyotes
: This creature can't be blocked this turn except by creatures with haste.
- CMC
- 2
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- R
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Outlaws of Thunder Junction
- Price
- $0.05
- EDHREC rank
- #23736
Resilient Roadrunner is a two-mana 2/1 with haste and the ability to make itself temporarily indestructible — solid evasion and survivability stapled onto an aggressively costed body. The ceiling is real in go-wide or Desert-matters strategies, but outside those homes it's just a fine beater.
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, Resilient Roadrunner earns its slot in Desert-matters builds and any red aggro commander that wants cheap, evasive creatures that can survive sweepers on demand. Outside that niche, a 2/1 for two doesn't move the needle in a 100-card format where every slot competes hard. In Standard and Pioneer it's a legitimate aggro piece — haste plus indestructibility on your attack step makes combat math miserable for opponents. Modern has too many faster threats to care, and Legacy even more so; Resilient Roadrunner simply doesn't clear the bar in formats where turn-two plays are expected to threaten a win.
Key Combos
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Price Context
Current price
$0.05 bulk tier
At $0.05, Resilient Roadrunner is deep bulk — buy a playset for the price of a pack of gum. Don't expect that to change; it's a common with narrow appeal outside Standard rotation.
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.