Saddled Rimestag
Snow Creature — Elk
This creature gets +2/+2 as long as you had another creature enter the battlefield under your control this turn.
- CMC
- 2
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- G
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Modern Horizons
- Price
- $0.12
- EDHREC rank
- #20741
Saddled Rimestag hits as a 4/4 for three mana the turn it enters — as long as you played another creature that turn, which in any creature-dense snow deck is a trivial condition to meet. Isu the Abominable decks satisfy that requirement almost by default, making this one of the most efficient bodies available in that shell.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Isu the Abominable
Isu the Abominable wants a high density of snow creatures to fuel its end-step counters, and Saddled Rimestag slots in as an efficient threat that pulls double duty — it's a snow permanent that enters as a 4/4 whenever Isu or any other creature hits the battlefield on the same turn, keeping the board wide while Isu grows tall.
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 |
Saddled Rimestag is legal in Commander, Legacy, Modern, Vintage, and Oathbreaker, but it's a Commander card through and through. In Legacy and Vintage the condition — playing two creatures in one turn — is achievable but the payoff of a vanilla 4/4 doesn't compete with those formats' power level. Modern has more hospitable ground for creature-based synergy decks, but snow tribal never found a foothold there. Commander is where Saddled Rimestag earns its slot: snow tribal builds generate the creature density to flip it on curve reliably, and a 4/4 for three is a meaningful rate at any table.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.12 bulk tier
At $0.12, Saddled Rimestag is bulk — pick up as many copies as you need without a second thought. Bulk snow creatures rarely spike unless a new commander breaks the archetype wide open, so don't expect the price to move.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.