Rebel

Rebel
Creature Type
(Subtype for creature/kindred cards)
Beeble Scale	7
Statistics	59 cards 74.6% 3.4% 10.2% 5.1% 3.4% 3.4% 17 Rebel creation cards 29.4% 5.9% 41.2% 5.9% 17.6% as of Doctor Who
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Rebel is a creature class present on creature and tribal cards. Debuting in Mercadian Masques, the creature type was heavily featured as part of the Masques block and later reappeared in the Time Spiral block. All mechanical Rebels are white or black permanents, except for Skyshroud Poacher (which is green) and the silver-bordered blue creature Alexander Clamilton; later Rebels under flavor were featured in red.

Description

Rebels are individuals or groups of individuals that resist an authority, including by use of violence. They are often motivated by their dedication to a cause and their devotion to fellow rebels. Some rebels may fight against oppression or, more fundamentally, for survival. Others, however, may be idealists who crusade for a noble and righteous cause, while others may yet be underhanded troublemakers striving to undermine legitimate authorities.

Mechanic

Like many creatures of the Mercenary creature type, most Rebels can "recruit" other Rebels (i.e., allowing a player to search their library and putting a Rebel card from it onto the battlefield). Due to their infectious enthusiasm, Rebels can recruit creatures more powerful (that is, with a higher casting cost) than they are. This was framed in contrast to Mercenaries, who could only cajole weaker creatures.

Return

Though the 2017 set Aether Revolt featured an uprising, R&D chose not to use the creature class to avoid 'creature type creep'.

In 2018, Rebels were said to be unlikely to return, because R&D moved away from tutoring mechanics as they greatly reduce game variance.

In 2023, five Rebels (plus one in the associated Commander release) appeared for flavor reasons in Phyrexia: All Will Be One. In this case, they were detached from the Masques block tutoring mechanic. Rebel tokens are created through the For Mirrodin! mechanic in the same set, and with the mechanics on most of the printed Rebels, played towards an Equipment theme.

Notable Rebels

Dominaria

• Cho-Manno
• Lin Sivvi

Kaladesh

• Pia Nalaar (storyline)

Mirrodin/New Phyrexia

• Jor Kadeen
• Neyali
• Rhuk

Un-iverse

• Alexander Clamilton

Universes Beyond

• Ace (Card)

Notable Rebellions

• The Cho-Arrim
• The Ramosians
• Rathi Tribes
• The Renegades of Ghirapur.

Tribal type

• Bound in Silence is a tribal Rebel card from Future Sight which can be fetched by any card that searches for Rebels.

Tokens

Token Name	Color	Type Line	P/T	Text Box	Source	Printings
Rebel	Red	Creature — Rebel	2/2		Barbed Batterfist Blade of Shared Souls Bladehold Cleaver Bladehold War-Whip Dragonwing Glider Glimmer Lens Goldwardens' Gambit Goldwarden's Helm Hexgold Halberd Hexgold Hoverwings Hexgold Sledge Hexplate Wallbreaker Kemba's Banner Mirran Bardiche Otharri, Suns' Glory Sylvok Battle-Chair Vulshok Splitter

Trivia

• Frontline Rebel, Quicksmith Rebel and Vengeful Rebel don't have the subtype Rebel. (See the note above about the lack of rebels in Aether Revolt.)