Stonehands
Enchantment — Aura
Enchant creature
Enchanted creature gets +0/+2.
: Enchanted creature gets +1/+0 until end of turn.
- CMC
- 3
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- R
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Ice Age
- Price
- $0.09
- EDHREC rank
- #29475
Stonehands gives a creature +0/+2 and mountain walk for a single red mana — a modest defensive buff stapled to an ability that only matters against mono-red or heavy Mountains builds. It's a bulk enchantment that rarely earns its slot in any format.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | not legal |
| pioneer | not legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Stonehands is legal in Commander, Legacy, Vintage, Pauper, and Oathbreaker, but legal doesn't mean playable. In Commander, mountain walk is close to a dead keyword — it only triggers against opponents running basic Mountains, and the +0/+2 doesn't move the needle on any gameplan. Pauper is its most plausible home in theory, but even there, one mana for a conditional evasion buff on a dedicated enchantment is too narrow when red has better tools. Stonehands is a name to know only so you can confidently leave it in the bulk box.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.09 bulk tier
At $0.09, Stonehands is deep bulk — the kind of card that fills a penny slot at a card shop and never climbs. There's no demand driver here, so that price is a ceiling as much as a floor.
Explore
Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.