Timely Hordemate
Creature — Human Warrior
Raid — When this creature enters, if you attacked this turn, return target creature card with mana value 2 or less from your graveyard to the battlefield.
- CMC
- 4
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- W
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Khans of Tarkir
- Price
- $0.04
- EDHREC rank
- #26259
Timely Hordemate returns a creature with power 2 or less from your graveyard to the battlefield — for free — whenever it attacks alongside another creature. Four mana for a 3/2 with that trigger stapled on is a real rate in go-wide aggressive decks.
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 | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
In Commander, Timely Hordemate slots cleanly into Mardu or Boros creature-token decks that are already attacking in numbers every turn, where the recursion trigger fires almost automatically. Modern and Pioneer have faster, more redundant options for graveyard recursion, so Timely Hordemate rarely makes those cuts outside of budget builds. Legacy and Vintage don't want a four-mana 3/2 regardless of the ability. Oathbreaker mirrors the Commander dynamic — if your signature spell is aggressive and your planeswalker pushes attacks, the trigger is live.
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Price Context
Current price
$0.04 bulk tier
At $0.04, Timely Hordemate is deep bulk — the kind of card you pick out of a common box without thinking twice. The price reflects limited competitive demand, not the card's actual utility in the right Commander shell.
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.