Stirring Honormancer
Creature — Rhino Bard
When this creature enters, look at the top X cards of your library, where X is the number of creatures you control. Put one of those cards into your hand and the rest into your graveyard.
- CMC
- 5
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- BW
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Secrets of Strixhaven
- Price
- $0.11
- EDHREC rank
- #27978
Stirring Honormancer enters the battlefield and immediately gives your whole team +1/+1 and lifelink until end of turn — a combat swing that can close a race or stabilize a board in one attack step. The cost is a five-mana 3/3 with no staying power beyond the turn it lands.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | legal |
| standard | legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
In Commander, Stirring Honormancer is a fringe inclusion — the effect is real, but a five-mana one-shot anthem on a vanilla body competes poorly against permanent lords and instant-speed pump that costs half as much. It has a narrow window in go-wide token strategies that need a surprise lifelink swing to survive a crackback, but most lists will find better options. In 60-card formats like Standard, Modern, and Pioneer, it doesn't make the cut — aggressive decks want cheaper anthems, and midrange has no interest in a 3/3 for five with no enters-the-battlefield value beyond the combat trick. Legacy and Vintage don't look at it at all.
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Price Context
Current price
$0.11 bulk tier
At $0.11, Stirring Honormancer is deep bulk — the price reflects demand, not scarcity. There's no reason to expect it to move; pick it up if a specific deck calls for it, but don't buy multiples speculatively.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.