Zarichi Tiger
Creature — Cat
, 
: You gain 2 life.
- CMC
- 4
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- W
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Gatecrash
- Price
- $0.11
- EDHREC rank
- #25686
Zarichi Tiger trades a life payment for a life gain trigger on a 2/2 flying body — the math never really closes. It asks too much mana and too much setup for an effect that dedicated life gain engines execute far more efficiently.
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 |
Zarichi Tiger sits at the fringe of Pauper life gain synergy shells, where every mana pip is scrutinized and four mana for a 2/2 is already a hard sell. In Commander, the life total cushion is generous enough that slow incidental gain reads as irrelevant — you need engines, not drips. Across competitive formats like Modern and Legacy, Zarichi Tiger doesn't register; the rate is too poor and the effect too marginal to earn a slot.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.11 bulk tier
At $0.11, Zarichi Tiger is pure bulk — you're not buying it for value, you're buying it because it showed up in a draft pile. That price is stable for the same reason it's low: demand is essentially zero, and no breakout combo is waiting to change that.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.