Swordwise Centaur
Creature — Centaur Warrior
- CMC
- 2
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- G
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Born of the Gods
- Price
- $0.10
- EDHREC rank
- #14053
Swordwise Centaur is a 3/2 for two green mana — above-rate stats that only matter in a deck built to use them. Outside of Ruxa, Patient Professor, where its lack of abilities is a feature, it's a vanilla beater with no business being in Commander.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Ruxa, Patient Professor
Ruxa, Patient Professor gives creatures with no abilities a combat buff and the ability to ignore blockers with the same condition — Swordwise Centaur qualifies on both counts, making it a core piece of the engine rather than a concession to the theme.
Jasmine Boreal of the Seven
Jasmine Boreal of the Seven cares about vanilla creatures specifically, and Swordwise Centaur's 3/2 body for two mana is one of the best pure stats available at that cost, making it an automatic include in any list she leads.
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 |
In Commander, Swordwise Centaur is a niche card with a narrow home — Ruxa, Patient Professor decks where the no-abilities clause is the whole point. Pauper is the format where a vanilla 3/2 for two has historically shown up as a legitimate role-player in green aggro, and it remains legal there. In Modern, Pioneer, Legacy, and Vintage, creature power creep has long since made a vanilla 3/2 unplayable at any competitive level. Standard legality has lapsed, which is academic.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.10 bulk tier
At $0.10, Swordwise Centaur is deep bulk — you'll find copies in any dollar bin without looking hard. Bulk commons don't move unless a commander breaks them into the mainstream, and Ruxa, Patient Professor's relatively modest following means that ceiling is low.
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Sources
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.