Red Horse Rider – Common Wrath Spirit – AlephTau Set – Bible TCG

Rocky Santangela
Jul 7
2 min read

Red Horse Rider – Base Art – Common Wrath Spirit – AlephTau Set – Bible TCG

The Sword That Takes Peace

Red Horse Rider costs 4 Faith and is a Common Spirit from the Wrath Age, boasting 6 Strength and 6 Hope, incredible raw stats for its cost. However, it comes with a steep drawback: a Prophecy effect that gives your opponent 5 points upon being played. This makes it a high-risk, high-reward powerhouse that must be used with foresight and synergy to offset the cost.

This card's verse is Revelation 6:4:

"And there went out another horse that was red: and power was given to him that sat thereon to take peace from the earth, and that they should kill one another: and there was given unto him a great sword."

Strategic Use In Gameplay

While few Beings can match the stat efficiency of Red Horse Rider at just 4 Faith, the immediate Hope gift to your opponent can be game-altering if used recklessly. The trick is to play it when the opponent cannot easily benefit from those points into meaningful advantage, or when the 6/6 stat line puts them on such a backfoot that the trade becomes favorable. In Spirit decks or aggressive Wrath builds, the Rider becomes a tempo crusher that pressures defenses while demanding an answer.

Synergies and Plays:

Stat Powerhouse: A 6/6 for 4 Faith is unrivaled in terms of tempo. Dropping this on an open board forces trades or removal in most matchups.
Spirit Support: Use Spirit tribal effects to enhance, resurrect, or reposition this card. The stats makes it a potent combo target.
Offset the Drawback: Combine with buff effects, events, or time it late-game when the opponent has low draw potential. This neutralizes or even reverses the Prophecy downside.