Spectral Rider
Creature — Spirit Knight
Intimidate (This creature can't be blocked except by artifact creatures and/or creatures that share a color with it.)
- CMC
- 2
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- W
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Innistrad
- Price
- $0.07
- EDHREC rank
- #25286
Spectral Rider is a 2/2 intimidate for two mana — unblockable in most games given how few black and artifact creatures the average opponent controls. The body is thin and the effect is purely offensive, so you're running it to push damage reliably, not to stabilize a board.
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 |
Spectral Rider is legal in Commander, Legacy, Modern, Vintage, and Oathbreaker, but competitive play in the powered formats ignores it entirely — two-mana 2/2s without enters-the-battlefield effects don't make the cut when better options exist at every point on the curve. In Commander, Spectral Rider finds its most plausible home in mono-white aggro or voltron builds that want cheap, evasive bodies to wear equipment or receive auras, particularly under commanders that care about combat damage connecting. Even there, it competes with creatures that bring more text for the same cost.
Key Combos
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Price Context
Current price
$0.07 bulk tier
At $0.07, Spectral Rider is deep bulk — you're essentially paying for the cardboard. Price stability is a non-factor; bulk commons and uncommons at this tier don't move unless a format breakout happens, and nothing about Spectral Rider's text suggests that's coming.
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Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.