MTG · Card

◇ Catalog #19

Liu Bei, Lord of Shu

DIGITAL ONLY

me3·#19·rare·foil

Illus. Qiao Dafu

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for trade

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wishlisted

Sep '09

17 yr ago

Played in EDH

EDHrec rank #25,294 · Fringe play

Variants

Foil$0.02

Nonfoil$0.02

Gameplay

Legendary Creature — Human Soldier

Horsemanship (This creature can't be blocked except by creatures with horsemanship.) Liu Bei gets +2/+2 as long as you control a permanent named Guan Yu, Sainted Warrior or a permanent named Zhang Fei, Fierce Warrior.

"Only wisdom and virtue can truly win men's devotion." —Liu Bei

2/4

Legalities

tlrnot legal

duellegal

brawlnot legal

pennylegal

PreDH

Rulings · 1

2009-10-01wotc

Despite the similarities between horsemanship and flying, horsemanship doesn't interact with flying or reach.

Context

This printing is one of 3 catalogued treatments from ME3 — the lineup includes Foil and Nonfoil alongside the standard finish. Across our catalog the Rarix library tracks every variant in the same family so collectors can compare price, scarcity and demand inside a single lineage.

Card #19 of *Masters Edition III*, the set that shipped alongside the September 2009 Masters Edition III release.

Card type: Legendary Creature — Human Soldier, color identity white, printed at rare. Rares occupy the bottom-of-pack rare slot in standard boosters. Mana cost: {3}{W}{W} (5 converted). Keyword abilities: Horsemanship.

Legal in Legacy, Vintage, and Commander.

EDHrec ranks this card #25,294 in Commander, putting it in the fringe-play tier of the format's playable pool.

Illustrated by Qiao Dafu. Rarix catalogs 25 other cards credited to this artist.