Motivated Pony

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Motivated Pony: Creature - Horse, Tales of Middle-earth Commander. MTG card printings, market prices, rulings, and format legality on Mana Grove.

Mana cost
{4}{G}
Mana value
5
Type
Creature - Horse
Colour identity
Green (G)
Power / toughness
3/3
Rarity
Rare
Set
Tales of Middle-earth Commander (LTC)
Released
2023-06-23
Collector number
42
Artist
Claudiu-Antoniu Magherusan
Commander rank
7,881 (by how often it appears in Commander decks)
Keywords
Haste, Trample

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About Motivated Pony

Motivated Pony is a Magic: The Gathering card, a rare green creature from Tales of Middle-earth Commander (LTC), a Commander product released in June 2023. It is collector number 42 in that set, with art by Claudiu-Antoniu Magherusan. It costs {4}{G} (four generic and one green mana) to cast, for a mana value of 5. It is a 3/3 creature. Its colour identity is green. It is legal in Legacy, Vintage, Commander, Duel Commander and Oathbreaker. Tales of Middle-earth Commander is its only printing so far. The latest aggregated market price for this printing is $0.29 (normal finish, as of 2026-11-12).

Card text

Trample, haste

Whenever this creature attacks, attacking creatures get +1/+1 until end of turn. If a Food entered the battlefield under your control this turn, untap those creatures and they get an additional +2/+2 until end of turn.

Market price

Latest aggregated market price for the normal finish of this printing: $0.29 (as of 2026-11-12).

The figure covers this printing only; other printings carry their own price on their own page.

Format legality

Legality of Motivated Pony by format. Formats in which it is not legal are not listed.

LegacyLegal
VintageLegal
CommanderLegal
Duel CommanderLegal
OathbreakerLegal

Other printings of Motivated Pony

The other printings are listed newest first, with the rarity and release year of each.

PrintingRarityYear
Tales of Middle-earth Commander (LTC) #444Rare2023
Tales of Middle-earth Commander (LTC) #125Rare2023

Official rulings

Four official rulings apply to Motivated Pony, newest first.

  • Whatever you do, don't eat the delicious cards.
  • 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).
  • You can't sacrifice a Food to pay multiple costs. For example, you can't sacrifice a Food token to activate its own ability and also to activate Maraleaf Rider's ability.
  • Food is an artifact type. Even though it appears on some creatures, it's never a creature type.

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