Akoum Battlesinger
Creature — Human Berserker Ally
Haste
Whenever this creature or another Ally you control enters, you may have Ally creatures you control get +1/+0 until end of turn.
- CMC
- 2
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- R
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Worldwake
- Price
- $0.15
- EDHREC rank
- #16304
Akoum Battlesinger gives every ally you control +1/+0 until end of turn the moment it enters — in a deck that's chaining allies every turn, that's a wide pump that costs nothing extra beyond the one red mana you're already spending. Sokka, Tenacious Tactician decks run it because the effect stacks every time another ally lands, turning a single combat step into a blowout.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Sokka, Tenacious Tactician
Sokka, Tenacious Tactician triggers a new ally entry nearly every turn, which means Akoum Battlesinger's pump trigger fires repeatedly in the same combat — the two cards compound each other's output in a way most one-drops can't match at any price.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | not legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
In Commander, Akoum Battlesinger is a role-player with a hard ceiling: it only belongs in ally tribal, and it does nothing outside that shell. Pauper is where the card sees its most concentrated competitive attention, since ally synergies are dense at common and the one-mana entry point is genuinely efficient. Legacy and Vintage are legal but irrelevant — the card has no business in those formats. The honest read is that Akoum Battlesinger is a narrow tribal piece that earns its slot exactly once, in exactly the right deck.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.15 bulk tier
At $0.15, Akoum Battlesinger is pure bulk — you're paying for cardboard and postage, not the card. There's no realistic upside scenario that moves this price; it's a one-archetype common with a small target audience.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.