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Mardu Roughrider

Creature — Orc Warrior2 generic manaRed manaWhite manaBlack mana

A 5/4 in the aggressive three-color wedge, built to punish stalled boards by naming the one blocker you most want out of the way. The trigger reads like evasion but resolves as combat math: it does not make this creature unblockable, and a defender with bodies to spare can chump-block it with something disposable, since only a single target gets pinned. The selection is the point. Aim the trigger not at the wall in front of this body but at the opposing army's only flier, the one creature fast enough to race, or the blocker holding your other attackers in check, and the rest of your board swings more freely. That flexibility distinguishes it from a static evasion keyword: it taxes whichever blocker matters most that turn, and it costs nothing extra on an attack you were already making. The 4 toughness is the ceiling on all of it. The trigger only pays off if the creature survives to attack again, and a 5/4 folds to most of the burn and combat tricks that share its era. So it functions as a recurring tax on blocking rather than a finisher: an aggressor's top-end that keeps the go-wide plan honest by removing the defender's best answer each combat, not a threat that closes games on its own.

Mardu Roughrider (ktk)
KTK · #187uncommon
Pricing
Normal: $0.11
Foil: $0.34
Oracle Text

Rules text

Whenever this creature attacks, target creature can't block this turn.
Legalities

Format Status

Standard
N/A
Pioneer
Legal
Modern
Legal
Legacy
Legal
Vintage
Legal
Commander
Legal
Pauper
N/A
Brawl
Legal
Historic
Legal
Alchemy
N/A
Timeless
Legal
Standard Brawl
N/A
More formats
Old School
N/A
Premodern
N/A
PreDH
N/A
Pauper Commander
N/A
Oathbreaker
Legal
Gladiator
Legal
Penny Dreadful
Legal
Duel Commander
Legal
Future Standard
N/A
COMPETITIVEBRAWL
Legal
TLR
N/A
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