Card
Terra, Herald of Hope
Mana cost {R}{W}{B}
Legendary Creature — Human Wizard Warrior 3/3
Trance — At the beginning of combat on your turn, mill two cards. Terra gains flying until end of turn. Whenever Terra deals combat damage to a player, you may pay {2}. When you do, return target creature card with power 3 or less from your graveyard to the battlefield tapped.
No bracket restriction: playable from bracket 1. Part of 7 known combos. 1 official ruling.
- Commander
- Legal
- Printing
- Mythic · FIC · #4
- Cheapest printing
- €0.71
- EDHREC salt
- 0.47
- Color identity
- Black, Red, White
- Keywords
- Mill, Trance
Bracket
- B1 Exhibition — allowed: No restriction at this bracket
- B2 Core — allowed: No restriction at this bracket
- B3 Upgraded — allowed: No restriction at this bracket
- B4 Optimized — allowed: No restriction beyond the banned list
- B5 cEDH — allowed: No restriction beyond the banned list
Why
- No Game Changer, mass land denial, extra turn, tutor or two-card combo
How Lotus Vault estimates a bracket
Bracket: Lotus Vault analysis, with Commander Spellbook flags
Combos
7 known combos.
- Terra, Herald of Hope + Aurelia, the Warleader + Ashnod's Altar + Karmic Guide
Produces: Infinite creature LTB, Infinite creature ETB, Infinite creature sacrifice triggers
View on Commander Spellbook - Terra, Herald of Hope + Aurelia, the Warleader + Phyrexian Altar + Karmic Guide
Produces: Infinite creature ETB, Infinite creature LTB, Infinite combat damage
View on Commander Spellbook - Terra, Herald of Hope + Aurelia, the Warleader + Ashnod's Altar + Amulet of Vigor
Produces: Infinite creature LTB, Infinite creature ETB, Infinite creature sacrifice triggers
View on Commander Spellbook
Combos: Commander Spellbook
Rulings
- 2025-06-06 · Wizards of the Coast
You don't choose a target for Terra's last ability at the time it triggers. Rather, a second "reflexive" ability triggers when you pay {2} this way. You choose a target for that ability as it goes on the stack. Each player may respond to this triggered ability as normal.
Rulings: Scryfall · Wizards of the Coast