Tiger-Dillo
Creature — Cat Armadillo
This creature can't attack or block unless you control another creature with power 4 or greater.
- CMC
- 2
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- R
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Avatar: The Last Airbender
- Price
- $0.11
- EDHREC rank
- #22849
Tiger-Dillo lands as a 3/3 with ward 2 and gives other creatures you control ward 2 — that's a meaningful protection layer for the whole board at four mana. Dragonhawk, Fate's Tempest decks run it in roughly one in four lists, and the reason is straightforward: keeping your threats alive through spot removal is worth a midrange body.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Dragonhawk, Fate's Tempest
Dragonhawk, Fate's Tempest builds an engine around repeated combat triggers, and Tiger-Dillo's global ward 2 is exactly the kind of tax effect that keeps that engine alive long enough to close a game.
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 |
Tiger-Dillo is legal across every major constructed format, but it's a Commander card through and through — the ward-granting static ability scales best in a multiplayer context where opponents have limited interaction per turn and taxing even one spell can swing tempo. In 60-card formats like Modern or Pioneer, four mana for a 3/3 that doesn't immediately impact the board state is too slow for any competitive role. Standard might find a niche for it in a go-wide shell that needs to protect multiple threats, but it's firmly fringe there. Commander is where Tiger-Dillo earns its slot, specifically in decks that commit to the board early and need to survive long enough to capitalize.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.11 bulk tier
At $0.11, Tiger-Dillo is deep bulk — pick it up for essentially nothing. Bulk rares with narrow applications rarely appreciate, so treat this as a pure utility pickup, not a hold.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.