Rubbleback Rhino
Creature — Rhino
Hexproof (This creature can't be the target of spells or abilities your opponents control.)
- CMC
- 5
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- G
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Return to Ravnica
- Price
- $0.09
- EDHREC rank
- #29054
Rubbleback Rhino is a 4/4 hexproof body for five mana — it dodges targeted removal cleanly, but a 4/4 for five with no ETB and no evasion is simply below rate in Commander. Play it in a dedicated hexproof-synergy shell or skip it entirely.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
In Commander, Rubbleback Rhino finds a home only in decks that reward hexproof specifically — enchantress shells that want to pile Auras onto an untargetable creature, or Voltron builds where protecting the investment matters more than raw stats. Outside that narrow context, five mana for a 4/4 with no text beyond hexproof doesn't clear the bar in a 100-card format full of better options. In Pauper it's legal, but commons at five mana compete with genuinely powerful threats, and a vanilla-adjacent body doesn't belong there. Legacy, Modern, and Pioneer are non-starters — Rubbleback Rhino doesn't approach the efficiency those formats demand.
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Price Context
Current price
$0.09 bulk tier
At $0.09, Rubbleback Rhino is deep bulk — you're paying for cardboard, not power. That price reflects exactly what the card is, and there's no reason to expect it to move.
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Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.