Adriana, Captain of the Guard
Legendary Creature — Human Knight
Melee (Whenever this creature attacks, it gets +1/+1 until end of turn for each opponent you attacked this combat.)
Other creatures you control have melee. (If a creature has multiple instances of melee, each triggers separately.)
- CMC
- 5
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- RW
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- Commander 2020
- Price
- $0.74
- EDHREC rank
- #4535
Adriana, Captain of the Guard turns every attack into a board-wide pump — each creature you swing with gets +1/+1 for each other attacking creature, which means a wide board snowballs fast in a multiplayer game where multiple opponents mean multiple combat triggers stacking up. The cost is real: five mana, no evasion, and zero immediate impact the turn she lands, so she's a liability against heavy removal. Tifa, Martial Artist decks run her at over 50% inclusion because the math simply works — Adriana rewards the same go-wide aggression Tifa demands.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Tifa, Martial Artist
Tifa, Martial Artist attacks with multiple creatures every turn and wants those creatures to hit hard — Adriana, Captain of the Guard delivers exactly that, scaling the bonus with board width so a five-attacker swing becomes a lethal pile almost by accident.
Neyali, Suns' Vanguard
Neyali, Suns' Vanguard's token-doubling lines flood the board fast, and Adriana, Captain of the Guard converts that token density directly into +1/+1 bonuses that can end games in a single swing.
General Ferrous Rokiric
General Ferrous Rokiric generates a Golem token every time you cast a multicolored spell, building exactly the wide board that Adriana, Captain of the Guard needs to make her bonus enormous.
Shanid, Sleepers' Scourge
Shanid, Sleepers' Scourge leans on legendary creatures, and many legendary-heavy decks run enough bodies to make Adriana, Captain of the Guard's per-attacker bonus meaningful — she's a payoff that punishes opponents for not blocking.
Isshin, Two Heavens as One
Isshin, Two Heavens as One doubles attack triggers, but Adriana, Captain of the Guard's ability is a static bonus rather than a triggered ability, so the pairing is about shared philosophy — both reward committing a wide board to combat — rather than a direct doubling interaction.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | not legal |
| pioneer | not legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Adriana, Captain of the Guard is a Commander card through and through — her ability only scales to threatening levels in a four-player game where you're attacking multiple opponents and accumulating large combat bonuses. In Legacy and Vintage she's technically legal but completely unplayable; five mana for a fragile 2/3 with no immediate impact doesn't come close to the efficiency those formats demand. Commander is where she earns her slot, specifically in Mardu or Boros go-wide decks that can reliably attack with five or more creatures and capitalize on the pump before she eats a removal spell. Oathbreaker is the one fringe case worth noting — if the format's creature density supports it, Adriana, Captain of the Guard can function as a signature spell target, though she's far more natural in the command zone.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.74 bulk tier
At $0.74, Adriana, Captain of the Guard is firmly bulk — easy to pick up as a throw-in or in a collection lot. Bulk rares with narrow Commander applications rarely climb unless a new commander spikes demand, so treat this as a cheap enabler, not a spec.
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Sources
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.