Zodiac Rooster
Creature — Bird
Plainswalk (This creature can't be blocked as long as defending player controls a Plains.)
- CMC
- 2
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- G
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Magic Online Promos
- Price
- —
- EDHREC rank
- #25389
Zodiac Rooster is a 1/2 green creature with plainswalk for two mana — a narrow evasion ability on an undersized body. It sees virtually no competitive play because plainswalk is irrelevant the moment no opponent runs Plains.
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 |
Zodiac Rooster is legal in Commander, Legacy, Vintage, Pauper, and Oathbreaker, but legal doesn't mean played. In Commander, plainswalk is the weakest evasion type in the format — it does nothing against the majority of decks that run no Plains, and even in games where someone does, a 1/2 isn't a meaningful threat. Legacy and Vintage have no interest in a vanilla-adjacent two-drop with conditional evasion. Pauper is the one format where budget floors matter, but even there, Zodiac Rooster competes against commons with unconditional evasion or actual board impact.
Key Combos
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Price Context
Current price
unknown tier
Pricing data for Zodiac Rooster isn't currently available, which likely reflects minimal market demand and sparse listings. Given its negligible competitive presence across all formats, don't expect significant value — it's a collector curiosity more than a pickup target.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.