Wingsteed Rider
Creature — Human Knight
Flying
Heroic — Whenever you cast a spell that targets this creature, put a +1/+1 counter on this creature.
- CMC
- 3
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- W
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Foundations Jumpstart
- Price
- $0.07
- EDHREC rank
- #22093
Wingsteed Rider is a three-mana 2/2 flyer that grows every time you target it — solid in dedicated heroic builds, outclassed almost everywhere else. The ceiling is real in the right shell; the floor is a vanilla 2/2 with wings.
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 | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Wingsteed Rider is a Pauper staple in heroic-aggro lists, where cheap targeting spells like Defiant Strike and Gods Willing trigger the counter repeatedly and close games fast. In Modern and Pioneer it doesn't have the raw power to compete — three mana for a 2/2 base is too slow when threats scale much higher. Legacy and Vintage are nonstarters for the same reason, multiplied. In Commander, Wingsteed Rider is a fringe inclusion: heroic payoffs exist in white go-wide or Voltron lists, but a single-target grower rarely survives long enough to matter at a four-player table without significant protection support.
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Price Context
Current price
$0.07 bulk tier
At $0.07, Wingsteed Rider is deep bulk — you're paying for cardboard and ink. It holds no monetary value to speak of, but at that price point it's a zero-risk pickup for any Pauper heroic build that wants the redundancy.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.