Roc of Kher Ridges
Creature — Bird
Flying
- CMC
- 4
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- R
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- Limited Edition Beta
- Price
- $158.29
- EDHREC rank
- #29564
Roc of Kher Ridges is a 6/6 flying body for four mana — one of the most efficient stats-per-mana ratios on a creature ever printed. The catch is age: it's a novelty from Magic's earliest days, not a competitive staple, and virtually every serious format has better options at the same slot.
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 |
Roc of Kher Ridges is legal in Commander, Legacy, Vintage, and Oathbreaker, but sees essentially no play in any of them. In Legacy and Vintage, four mana is a significant investment and the card does nothing beyond being large and flying — no enters-the-battlefield effect, no triggered ability, nothing that interacts with the graveyard or stack. In Commander, where raw stats matter less than utility, Roc of Kher Ridges competes against flying threats that draw cards, reanimate permanents, or close games on their own, and it loses that comparison badly. It's absent from Modern, Pioneer, Standard, and Pauper entirely.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Budget Alternatives
Cheaper options that do most of the same work
Any four-mana flying threat with an attached ability outperforms Roc of Kher Ridges for a fraction of the price — Aerial Surveyor or Cloudblazer offer immediate value, and even Sphinx of Uthuun gives you a game-deciding trigger at five mana. If the appeal is purely a large flier, Shivan Dragon costs pennies and has roughly the same practical impact in a casual game.
Price Context
Current price
$158.29 premium tier
At $158.29, Roc of Kher Ridges is priced entirely on collector and vintage-curiosity demand — this is an Alpha/Beta-era card, and the price reflects scarcity and nostalgia, not gameplay power. It holds value the way any low-print-run 1993 card does, but you are not buying a competitive asset.
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Sources
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.