Riding Red Hare
Sorcery
Target creature gets +3/+3 and gains horsemanship until end of turn. (It can't be blocked except by creatures with horsemanship.)
- CMC
- 3
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- W
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Portal Three Kingdoms
- Price
- $10.93
- EDHREC rank
- #25640
Riding Red Hare gives a creature +3/+3 and protection from black and white until end of turn for three mana — a combat trick that doubles as removal insurance and a finishing push. It's narrow by design, but in a white aggro shell where those colors are the removal suite you most fear, it punches hard for its cost.
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 | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
In Commander, Riding Red Hare is a fringe inclusion — combat tricks scale poorly in a format built around four-player attrition, and three mana at instant speed is a steep ask when that mana could be a permanent. Pauper is where it has the most legitimate claim, since black and white removal dominates the format and the +3/+3 swing can close games that creature-based aggro decks are already winning. Legacy and Vintage lists will never touch it — the powered environment leaves no room for conditional pump spells. Oathbreaker mirrors Commander's skepticism: you want your spell slots on permanents or interaction, not conditional buff windows.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Budget Alternatives
Cheaper options that do most of the same work
Feat of Resistance does similar protection work for two mana and adds a +1/+1 counter that sticks, making it a strict upgrade in almost any context where Riding Red Hare is considered. If the pump itself is the draw, Titanic Growth matches the +4/+4 ceiling for just two mana — it drops the protection clause, but in metas where black and white removal aren't the primary threat, that trade is worth making.
Price Context
Current price
$10.93 mid tier
At $10.93, Riding Red Hare sits in mid-tier pricing that is difficult to justify given its competitive ceiling — this is a case where collector demand or scarcity is doing more work than the card's power level. Unless you need it for a specific Commander Legends or Portal Three Kingdoms collection, the functional alternatives cost a fraction of the price.
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Sources
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.