Rhox Pikemaster
Creature — Rhino Soldier
First strike (This creature deals combat damage before creatures without first strike.)
Other Soldier creatures you control have first strike.
- CMC
- 4
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- W
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Magic 2010
- Price
- $0.28
- EDHREC rank
- #22432
Rhox Pikemaster grants first strike to all your other creatures with first strike or double strike — a lord-style effect that turns a board of combat threats into a defensive wall opponents can't profitably attack into. Five mana for a 4/3 is too expensive for what amounts to a conditional anthem in most powered metas.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | not legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Rhox Pikemaster is legal in Commander, Legacy, Modern, Vintage, and Oathbreaker, but it sees essentially no play in the competitive 60-card formats — five mana is a death sentence when the format is deciding games on turns three and four. In Commander it has a narrow home: first strike and double strike tribal strategies, particularly those running enough naturally keyworded creatures to make the lord effect matter. Outside of that niche, a five-mana 4/3 with no immediate board impact gets outclassed by cheaper, unconditional anthems.
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Price Context
Current price
$0.28 bulk tier
At $0.28, Rhox Pikemaster is deep bulk — the price reflects its near-zero competitive demand. It's stable there; nothing on the horizon is going to move it.
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.