Workshop Warchief
Creature — Rhino Warrior
Trample
When this creature enters, you gain 3 life.
When this creature dies, create a 4/4 green Rhino Warrior creature token.
Blitz 
(If you cast this spell for its blitz cost, it gains haste and "When this creature dies, draw a card." Sacrifice it at the beginning of the next end step.)
- CMC
- 5
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- G
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- Streets of New Capenna
- Price
- $0.23
- EDHREC rank
- #17664
Workshop Warchief lands as a 5/4 trample that immediately recurs a creature from your graveyard — that's two permanents entering play for one card. The death-trigger recursion pairs with Nim Deathmantle to create loops that turn any sacrifice outlet into an engine, which is the real reason competitive graveyard and aristocrats decks want it.
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 |
Commander is where Workshop Warchief does its best work — the 100-card singleton format guarantees enough fodder creatures and sacrifice outlets to trigger the recursion repeatedly, and the four-player game gives it enough time to matter. In Modern and Legacy it's too slow at five mana with no immediate board protection; those formats will have answered the battlefield before Workshop Warchief's trigger resolves profitably. Pioneer is similarly hostile to five-mana creatures without an immediate, game-ending effect. Workshop Warchief is a Commander card wearing a Constructed frame.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Workshop WarchiefNim DeathmantleAshnod's Altar
Infinite death triggers; Infinite ETB; Infinite lifegain; Infinite lifegain triggers; Infinite LTB; Infinite sacrifice triggers
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Current price
$0.23 bulk tier
At $0.23, Workshop Warchief sits firmly in bulk — easy to pick up as a throw-in or $1 bin find. The price reflects its narrow Commander niche rather than broad demand, so don't expect significant movement unless a high-profile graveyard commander drives sudden interest.
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Sources
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.