Aegis of the Legion
Artifact — Equipment
Equipped creature gets +1/+1 and has mentor. (Whenever it attacks, put a +1/+1 counter on target attacking creature with lesser power.)
Whenever equipped creature mentors a creature, put a shield counter on that creature. (If that creature would be dealt damage or destroyed, remove a shield counter from it instead.)
Equip 
- CMC
- 2
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- RW
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- Ravnica: Clue Edition
- Price
- $1.79
- EDHREC rank
- #14270
Aegis of the Legion enters with two +1/+1 counters and distributes a vigilance counter and a lifelink counter to two different creatures — immediate, persistent board impact for three mana. Mabel, Heir to Cragflame wants exactly this: a creature that arrives loaded with counters and spreads keywords without spending a card slot on an Aura or Equipment.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Mabel, Heir to Cragflame
Mabel, Heir to Cragflame levels up whenever a creature with a counter attacks, so Aegis of the Legion does double duty — it arrives with counters on itself and plants a vigilance and lifelink counter on two other attackers, triggering Mabel's growth engine across three creatures at once.
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 |
Aegis of the Legion is legal in Commander, Legacy, Vintage, and Oathbreaker, and that's essentially the full story — it's not Modern- or Pioneer-legal, and its three-mana body won't see Legacy or Vintage play. Commander is where it lives, specifically in Boros and Selesnya counter-matters or go-wide aggro shells that want keyword distribution without dedicating enchantment slots. The effect is genuinely useful there: spreading vigilance and lifelink across attackers has real combat math implications at a table of four.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$1.79 cheap tier
At $1.79, Aegis of the Legion sits in the budget-comfortable tier — cheap enough to slot in without deliberation. It's a narrow enough card that the price is unlikely to spike outside a dedicated counter-matters deck explosion, so it holds reasonable value as a low-risk pickup.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.