Trenching Steed
Creature — Horse Rebel
Sacrifice a land: This creature gets +0/+3 until end of turn.
- CMC
- 4
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- W
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Prophecy
- Price
- $0.18
- EDHREC rank
- #26316
Trenching Steed puts a land directly onto the battlefield — not into your hand — every time it attacks, which is the kind of incremental advantage that compounds fast in a long game. The catch is a four-mana 2/3 that needs to connect in combat, which makes it strictly a value-over-time play rather than an immediate threat; pair it with something like Retreat to Emeria to squeeze extra mileage out of each landfall trigger and the math starts to favor it.
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 |
Commander is where Trenching Steed earns its keep — games go long enough for repeated attack triggers to matter, and landfall synergies run deep in green-white shells. In Pauper, the commons environment is efficient enough that a four-mana 2/3 with a conditional upside struggles to justify a slot over cheaper threats or more reliable ramp. Legacy and Vintage are non-starters; Trenching Steed operates at a pace those formats simply don't allow.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Retreat to EmeriaHaru, Hidden TalentTrenching Steed
Infinite ETB; Infinite creature tokens; Infinite landfall triggers
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Lumra, Bellow of the WoodsSpringheart NantukoTireless ProvisionerTrenching Steed
Infinite LTB; Infinite ETB; Infinite death triggers; Infinite self-mill; Infinite landfall triggers; Infinite mana lands you control can produce; Infinite colored mana; Put all lands from your library and graveyard onto the battlefield tapped; Infinite lifegain triggers; Infinite lifegain; Infinite Treasure tokens; Infinite Food tokens; Infinite untap of lands you control
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Lumra, Bellow of the WoodsSpringheart NantukoStone-Seeder HierophantTrenching Steed
Infinite LTB; Infinite ETB; Infinite death triggers; Infinite self-mill; Infinite landfall triggers; Infinite mana lands you control can produce; Infinite colored mana; Put all lands from your library and graveyard onto the battlefield tapped; Infinite untap of lands you control
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Lumra, Bellow of the WoodsSpringheart NantukoNissa, Resurgent AnimistTrenching Steed
Infinite LTB; Infinite ETB; Infinite death triggers; Infinite self-mill; Infinite landfall triggers; Infinite mana lands you control can produce; Infinite colored mana; Put all lands from your library and graveyard onto the battlefield tapped; Infinite untap of lands you control
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Lumra, Bellow of the WoodsSpringheart NantukoLotus CobraTrenching Steed
Infinite LTB; Infinite ETB; Infinite death triggers; Infinite self-mill; Infinite landfall triggers; Infinite mana lands you control can produce; Infinite colored mana; Put all lands from your library and graveyard onto the battlefield tapped; Infinite untap of lands you control
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Current price
$0.18 bulk tier
At $0.18, Trenching Steed is deep bulk — you're picking it up as a throw-in, not a purchase. Bulk commons and uncommons at this price rarely move unless a specific combo or synergy pushes demand, and nothing on the horizon suggests that for this card.
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Sources
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.