Veteran Beastrider
Creature — Human Knight
At the beginning of your end step, untap each creature you control.
: Creatures you control get +1/+1 until end of turn.
- CMC
- 3
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- GW
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Aetherdrift
- Price
- $0.15
- EDHREC rank
- #9933
Veteran Beastrider puts a 3/3 body plus a Ward 2 protection layer on the board for two mana, which is a lot of staying power at that cost. Katilda, Dawnhart Prime decks run it specifically because the creature and mount together count as two bodies toward mana production — the card punches above its slot.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Katilda, Dawnhart Prime
Katilda, Dawnhart Prime taps each creature you control for green mana, so Veteran Beastrider effectively contributes two sources — the Beastrider itself and the saddled mount — making it a quiet mana accelerant on top of its combat role.
Samut, the Driving Force
Samut, the Driving Force rewards you for attacking with mounted creatures, and Veteran Beastrider's Ward 2 keeps the mounted pair alive through spot removal long enough to trigger Samut's combat bonuses repeatedly.
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 |
Veteran Beastrider is legal across the major formats but hasn't made noise outside Commander, where redundant two-drop threats and mana-producing synergies matter more than raw power. In constructed formats like Modern and Pioneer, a 3/3 for two that requires setup to reach its ceiling doesn't compete with staple two-drops that impact the board immediately on their own. Commander is its real home — specifically go-wide or mount-matters builds where the Beastrider's passive contribution to creature count compounds over a long game. Oathbreaker is a viable secondary home if you're running a creature-dense green strategy, but even there the card is a role-player, not a pillar.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.15 bulk tier
At $0.15, Veteran Beastrider is firmly bulk — you're paying almost nothing for a card with genuine upside in the right shell. Bulk rares with narrow synergy windows tend to stay at this price floor indefinitely, so there's no reason to hesitate on picking up copies if you need them.
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Sources
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.