Orcish Bowmasters
- Mana cost
- {1}{B}
- Type
- Creature — Orc Archer
- Power / toughness
- 1 / 1
- Set
- The Lord of the Rings: Tales of Middle-earth #554 (rare)
- Price
- $104.32 USD
Flash
When this creature enters and whenever an opponent draws a card except the first one they draw in each of their draw steps, this creature deals 1 damage to any target. Then amass Orcs 1.
Orcish Bowmasters has 6 printings, first in The Lord of the Rings: Tales of Middle-earth (2023). EDHREC ranks it #268 among Commander cards. It appears most in Sauron, the Dark Lord decks (25,732 on EDHREC). It has 8 official rulings.
Legality
- commander: legal
- legacy: legal
- vintage: legal
- pauper: not legal
- modern: legal
- pioneer: not legal
- standard: not legal
- brawl: legal
Commanders that run Orcish Bowmasters most
Deck counts from EDHREC.
- Sauron, the Dark Lord: 25,732 decks
- Nekusar, the Mindrazer: 16,796 decks
- Valgavoth, Harrower of Souls: 9,648 decks
- Kefka, Court Mage // Kefka, Ruler of Ruin: 9,483 decks
- Kraum, Ludevic's Opus // Tymna the Weaver: 9,087 decks
- Sephiroth, Fabled SOLDIER // Sephiroth, One-Winged Angel: 8,502 decks
- Y'shtola, Night's Blessed: 7,510 decks
- Ob Nixilis, Captive Kingpin: 6,690 decks
Often played with Orcish Bowmasters
Cards that show up in the same decks on EDHREC.
Rulings
- : In the rare case that you control multiple Army creatures (perhaps because you played a creature with changeling) while you amass Orcs, you choose which of your Army creatures to put the +1/+1 counters on. If that creature isn't an Orc, it becomes an Orc in addition to its other types.
- : Amass Zombies works the same way, except you create a 0/0 black Zombie Army creature token if you don't control an Army. If the Army creature you chose isn't already a Zombie, it becomes a Zombie in addition to its other types. By combining cards with amass Orcs and amass Zombies, you can end up with an Orc Zombie Army.
- : To amass Orcs N, if you don't control an Army creature, create a 0/0 black Orc Army creature token. Then you choose an Army creature you control and put N +1/+1 counters on it. If that Army isn't already an Orc, it becomes an Orc in addition to its other types.
- : Amass abilities are now written as "amass [subtype] N." Previous cards with amass have received errata to say "amass Zombies N."
- : Some spells and abilities that amass Orcs may require targets. If each target chosen is an illegal target as that spell or ability tries to resolve, it won't resolve. You won't amass Orcs.
- : If a spell or ability causes an opponent to put cards into their hand without specifically using the word "draw," it's not a card drawn.
- : Some cards refer to the "amassed Army." That means the Army creature you chose to receive counters, even if no counters were placed on it for some reason.
- : If you don't control an Army, the Orc Army token you create enters the battlefield as a 0/0 creature before receiving counters. Any abilities that trigger when a creature with a certain power enters the battlefield, such as that of Mentor of the Meek, will see the token enter as a 0/0 creature before it gets +1/+1 counters.