Rune-Cervin Rider
Creature — Elf Knight
Flying
: This creature gets +1/+1 until end of turn.
- CMC
- 4
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- GW
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Shadowmoor
- Price
- $0.11
- EDHREC rank
- #30424
Rune-Cervin Rider is a 2/2 first striker for three mana — a rate that was unimpressive a decade ago and is outright unplayable now. Nothing about its stats or abilities justifies a roster spot in any competitive or casual list.
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 | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Rune-Cervin Rider is legal in Commander, Legacy, Modern, Vintage, Pauper, and Oathbreaker, but legality is not the same as viability. In Commander, a 2/2 first striker for three mana trades one-for-one with creatures that cost half as much and does nothing to advance a board state across four players. In Pauper — the format most likely to care about efficient commons — there are simply better three-drop bodies with relevant keywords or enters-the-battlefield effects. Legacy and Vintage don't want it either; those formats end games before a vanilla-adjacent creature matters.
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Price Context
Current price
$0.11 bulk tier
At $0.11, Rune-Cervin Rider is deep bulk — the kind of card that fills a box and never leaves it. The price accurately reflects the demand, which is essentially zero.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.