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Tarpan

Creature — Horse

When this creature dies, you gain 1 life.

CMC
1
Mana cost
{G}
Color identity
G
Rarity
common
Set
Fifth Edition
Price
$0.08
EDHREC rank
#27150
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Tarpan card art
Tarpan is a 1/1 for one green that gains you 1 life when it dies — negligible on its own, but it becomes an infinite life engine the moment Mortuary enters the picture, looping it back to the top of your library every time it hits the graveyard. Outside that specific combo shell, it does nothing a real card would want to do.

Format Analysis

Where it lives, where it can’t

FormatVerdict
commander legal
legacy legal
modern not legal
pioneer not legal
standard not legal
vintage legal
pauper legal
oathbreaker legal

Tarpan sees essentially no competitive play in Legacy or Vintage despite being legal in both — a 1/1 that gains 1 life on death has never cleared the bar in formats with actual threats. Pauper is the one format where Tarpan occasionally surfaces, strictly as a combo piece rather than a value card. In Commander, its only home is dedicated combo decks that want a cheap, recursive sacrifice outlet or loop target; outside that context, cut it.

Key Combos

Combo lines featuring this card

Price Context

Current price

$0.08 bulk tier

At $0.08, Tarpan is deep bulk — you'll find it in dime boxes and bulk lots without trying. Demand is narrow enough that the price won't move; buy as many as you need for pennies and don't think about it further.

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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.