Maraleaf Rider
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Magic: The Gathering
Mana cost
Throne of EldraineELD · #166
- Card type
- Creature — Elf Knight
- Rarity
- Common
- Indicative price
- 0.03 € · ★ 0.22 € · 0.13 $ · ★ 0.18 $
- Mana value
- 2
- Power
- 3
- Toughness
- 1
- Colour
- Green
Card text
Sacrifice a Food: Target creature blocks this creature this turn if able.
Format legality
- BrawlLegal
- CommanderLegal
- CompetitivebrawlLegal
- DuelLegal
- GladiatorLegal
- HistoricLegal
- LegacyLegal
- ModernLegal
- OathbreakerLegal
- PauperLegal
- PaupercommanderLegal
- PennyLegal
- PioneerLegal
- TimelessLegal
- VintageLegal
Legalities follow the imported catalogue; check format rules before a tournament.
Data imported on 2026-10-06 (UTC).
Indicative Scryfall prices, updated daily. ★: foil; ★ E: etched foil. EUR and USD represent different markets.
Printing information
- Illustrator
- Kieran Yanner
- Card language
- English
- Release date
- 2019-10-04
Flavour text
They both hunger for battle.
Rulings
If the target creature can block other creatures but can't block Maraleaf Rider, it's free to block any other creature or to not block at all.
If the target creature can't block for any reason (such as being tapped), then it doesn't block. If there's a cost associated with having it block, its controller isn't forced to pay that cost, so it doesn't have to block in that case either.
If an effect refers to a Food, it means any Food artifact, not just a Food artifact token. For example, you can sacrifice Tough Cookie (an Artifact Creature — Food Golem) to activate Maraleaf Rider's ability (an ability with "Sacrifice a Food" in its cost).
