Snowhorn Rider
Creature — Human Warrior
Trample
Morph 
(You may cast this card face down as a 2/2 creature for 
. Turn it face up any time for its morph cost.)
- CMC
- 6
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- GRU
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Khans of Tarkir
- Price
- $0.07
- EDHREC rank
- #29325
Snowhorn Rider puts a 4/4 trample body on the board for five mana — fine stats, no text beyond that. The problem is that five mana for a vanilla 4/4 is well below rate in any format where better options exist.
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 |
Snowhorn Rider is a pauper-legal common, and even there it's outclassed by creatures that do more for the same cost. In Commander, a vanilla 5-mana 4/4 doesn't make cuts — the format's 100-card singleton construction means there's almost never a reason to run Snowhorn Rider over a creature with an enters-the-battlefield effect, keywords beyond trample, or relevant tribal synergy. In Legacy, Modern, and Pioneer the card simply doesn't compete on rate. Pauper is its most defensible home, but only in the most budget or casual builds where better threats aren't available.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.07 bulk tier
At $0.07, Snowhorn Rider is deep bulk — it costs less than a sleeve. That price reflects demand accurately, so there's no value argument to make here.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.