Warg Rider
- Mana cost
- {4}{B}
- Type
- Creature — Orc Warrior
- Power / toughness
- 4 / 3
- Set
- The Lord of the Rings: Tales of Middle-earth #826 (rare)
- Price
- $39.64 USD
Menace
Other Orcs and Goblins you control have menace.
At the beginning of combat on your turn, amass Orcs 2. (Put two +1/+1 counters on an Army you control. It's also an Orc. If you don't control an Army, create a 0/0 black Orc Army creature token first.)
Warg Rider has 2 printings, first in The Lord of the Rings: Tales of Middle-earth (2023). EDHREC ranks it #6,369 among Commander cards. It appears most in Sauron, the Dark Lord decks (14,218 on EDHREC). It has 3 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 Warg Rider most
Deck counts from EDHREC.
- Sauron, the Dark Lord: 14,218 decks
- Saruman, the White Hand: 3,741 decks
- The Great Goblin: 1,944 decks
- Zurgo Helmsmasher: 728 decks
- Shagrat, Loot Bearer: 512 decks
- Sauron, Lord of the Rings: 416 decks
- Mauhúr, Uruk-hai Captain: 371 decks
- Uglúk of the White Hand: 214 decks
Often played with Warg Rider
Cards that show up in the same decks on EDHREC.
Rulings
- : In the rare case that you control multiple Army creatures (perhaps because you cast 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.
- : 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.
- : 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.