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A-Cobbled Lancer

VOW · uncommon · Released 2022-02-24

Tiers

fringe
tier-2
tier-1

Commander Bracket

1Precon2Core3Upgraded4Optimized5cEDH

Archetypes

positive:
self-millgraveyard-mattersmill-yourself-payoff
negative:
aggrocontrol

Roles

aggressive-creaturediscard-outletcantrip

Risks

requires-graveyard-densityexile-costetb-only

Mechanics

Typal

synergy:
zombiehorse
anti:

Structural

alternative-costactivated-ability

Rationale

A 1-mana 3/3 in blue is exceptional rate, but requires exiling a creature card from your graveyard as an additional cost — making it a self-mill payoff rather than a standalone threat. The activated ability (1U, exile from graveyard: draw a card) adds late-game graveyard value. Signature in Arena Brawl self-mill shells where graveyard fueling is easy; not legal in Commander, and in Limited it's a premium early beater if any graveyard setup exists.

Learnings (3)

  • The 'A-' prefix indicates this is an Arena-only rebalanced version of a card — it is legal in Brawl but not in paper Commander, so bracket_relevant reflects only casual/Brawl brackets.

    tagging · claude-sonnet-4-6

  • Despite being a Zombie Horse, the card's primary value is as a stat-efficient self-mill payoff in blue, not as a tribal piece — blue zombie and horse synergies are sparse in the Arena Brawl card pool.

    tagging · claude-sonnet-4-6

  • The activated ability exiles the Lancer from the graveyard to draw a card, meaning it can only be used once per graveyard cycle and does NOT recur without reanimation — do not overrate it as a repeatable draw engine.

    tagging · claude-sonnet-4-6