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Cao Ren, Wei Commander
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Cao Ren, Wei Commander

{2}{B}{B}

Legendary Creature — Human Soldier Warrior

Horsemanship (This creature can't be blocked except by creatures with horsemanship.)

When Cao Ren enters, you lose 3 life.

Cao Cao's cousin, Cao Ren was known throughout the three kingdoms as the fiercest of warriors.

3 / 3

Horsemanship
Set
Portal Three Kingdoms (PTK #69)
Rarity
Rare
Mana value
4
Released
1999-05-01
Artist
Junko Taguchi
EDHREC rank
#26,802
Colour identity
{B}
Finishes
Nonfoil
Served from
Local database

Commander bracket

1 +
Fits any bracket
No Game Changer, land denial, extra turns or two-card combos.

Derived from card traits, not a ruling — bracket rules turn on how a deck intends to use a card. Bracket rules

EDHREC

Salt Score 1.43
How much players resent seeing this card. The scale tops out around 3.1.
Can be your commander

Combos

Not part of any combo on Commander Spellbook.

Commander recommendations

Top synergy 50

Played far more in this commander's decks than elsewhere.

  1. Fireshrieker 70 %+68.6 %
  2. Vorpal Sword 70 %+66.6 %
  3. Sword of the Animist 68 %+64.3 %
  4. Blackblade Reforged 66 %+63.0 %
  5. Commander's Plate 68 %+62.0 %
  6. Wei Strike Force 57 %+56.8 %
  7. Hammer of Nazahn 57 %+55.9 %
  8. Lashwrithe 59 %+55.3 %
  9. Wei Scout 55 %+54.5 %
  10. Sword of Hearth and Home 55 %+53.2 %
  11. Brass Squire 52 %+51.6 %
  12. Buster Sword 52 %+50.6 %
  13. Wei Elite Companions 50 %+50.0 %
  14. Darksteel Plate 50 %+48.0 %
  15. Nightmare Lash 48 %+45.5 %
  16. Wei Night Raiders 45 %+45.4 %
  17. Zhang He, Wei General 43 %+43.2 %
  18. Sword of Feast and Famine 43 %+41.5 %
  19. Shadowspear 45 %+41.2 %
  20. Xiahou Dun, the One-Eyed 41 %+40.5 %
  21. Grafted Exoskeleton 41 %+39.8 %
  22. Swiftfoot Boots 70 %+39.0 %
  23. Rogue's Gloves 39 %+38.3 %
  24. Phyresis 39 %+36.6 %
  25. Quietus Spike 36 %+35.5 %
  26. Kaya's Ghostform 45 %+35.4 %
  27. Shade's Form 34 %+33.5 %
  28. Howl from Beyond 34 %+33.4 %
  29. Phyrexian Arena 70 %+31.2 %
  30. Tainted Strike 34 %+31.1 %
  31. Loxodon Warhammer 32 %+30.5 %
  32. Gix's Command 32 %+30.1 %
  33. Basilisk Collar 32 %+28.6 %
  34. Mandate of Abaddon 30 %+28.2 %
  35. Pact Weapon 30 %+27.4 %
  36. Eternal Thirst 30 %+27.3 %
  37. Mask of Memory 30 %+27.2 %
  38. Thran Power Suit 27 %+26.8 %
  39. Nighthowler 27 %+26.8 %
  40. Sword of Fire and Ice 27 %+26.8 %
  41. Dowsing Dagger 27 %+26.2 %
  42. Lightning Greaves 59 %+25.2 %
  43. Castle Locthwain 41 %+24.3 %
  44. Dauthi Voidwalker 39 %+23.0 %
  45. Cabal Stronghold 57 %+22.9 %
  46. Night's Whisper 48 %+22.4 %
  47. Deadly Rollick 48 %+22.2 %
  48. Rush of Vitality 23 %+22.0 %
  49. Hatred 23 %+21.7 %
  50. Wand of Orcus 23 %+21.2 %

Most included 50

Highest share of decks running them, distinctive or not.

  1. Swamp 95 %+0.1 %
  2. Sol Ring 75 %-10.4 %
  3. Cabal Coffers 73 %+18.0 %
  4. Fireshrieker 70 %+68.6 %
  5. Vorpal Sword 70 %+66.6 %
  6. Swiftfoot Boots 70 %+39.0 %
  7. Phyrexian Arena 70 %+31.2 %
  8. Commander's Plate 68 %+62.0 %
  9. Sword of the Animist 68 %+64.3 %
  10. Blackblade Reforged 66 %+63.0 %
  11. Crypt Ghast 64 %+16.8 %
  12. Jet Medallion 64 %+1.6 %
  13. Dark Ritual 61 %-6.0 %
  14. Lightning Greaves 59 %+25.2 %
  15. Lashwrithe 59 %+55.3 %
  16. Cabal Stronghold 57 %+22.9 %
  17. Hammer of Nazahn 57 %+55.9 %
  18. Wei Strike Force 57 %+56.8 %
  19. Arcane Signet 55 %-6.9 %
  20. Defile 55 %+19.3 %
  21. Sword of Hearth and Home 55 %+53.2 %
  22. Wei Scout 55 %+54.5 %
  23. Feed the Swarm 52 %+1.9 %
  24. Brass Squire 52 %+51.6 %
  25. Buster Sword 52 %+50.6 %
  26. Wei Elite Companions 50 %+50.0 %
  27. Darksteel Plate 50 %+48.0 %
  28. Deadly Rollick 48 %+22.2 %
  29. Night's Whisper 48 %+22.4 %
  30. Sign in Blood 48 %+12.9 %
  31. Bojuka Bog 48 %+0.5 %
  32. Nightmare Lash 48 %+45.5 %
  33. Wei Night Raiders 45 %+45.4 %
  34. Shadowspear 45 %+41.2 %
  35. Kaya's Ghostform 45 %+35.4 %
  36. Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth 45 %+7.8 %
  37. Infernal Grasp 43 %+17.9 %
  38. Sword of Feast and Famine 43 %+41.5 %
  39. Zhang He, Wei General 43 %+43.2 %
  40. Grafted Exoskeleton 41 %+39.8 %
  41. Black Market Connections 41 %+15.9 %
  42. Castle Locthwain 41 %+24.3 %
  43. Xiahou Dun, the One-Eyed 41 %+40.5 %
  44. Phyresis 39 %+36.6 %
  45. Rogue's Gloves 39 %+38.3 %
  46. Dauthi Voidwalker 39 %+23.0 %
  47. Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx 39 %+8.9 %
  48. Quietus Spike 36 %+35.5 %
  49. Gray Merchant of Asphodel 36 %-13.8 %
  50. Tainted Strike 34 %+31.1 %

Format legality

Standard Not legal
Pioneer Not legal
Modern Not legal
Legacy Legal
Vintage Legal
Pauper Not legal
Commander Legal
Oathbreaker Legal
Duel Commander Legal
Brawl Not legal
Standard Brawl Not legal
Historic Not legal
Timeless Not legal
Alchemy Not legal
Penny Not legal
Premodern Not legal
PreDH Legal
Pauper EDH Not legal
Old School Not legal
Future Not legal
Gladiator Not legal
All printingsScryfall ↗Gatherer ↗Edhrec ↗

Rulings

  • 2009-10-01

    Despite the similarities between horsemanship and flying, horsemanship doesn't interact with flying or reach.

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