Akrasan Squire
Creature — Human Soldier
Exalted (Whenever a creature you control attacks alone, that creature gets +1/+1 until end of turn.)
- CMC
- 1
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- W
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Shards of Alara
- Price
- $0.20
- EDHREC rank
- #14775
Akrasan Squire gives an attacking creature +1/+1 for free every combat — the cost is that it does nothing else. Outside of an exalted deck where that trigger stacks with five others, Akrasan Squire is a 1/1 vanilla that blocks poorly and wins nothing on its own.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Rafiq of the Many
Rafiq of the Many turns every exalted trigger into a multiplier, and Akrasan Squire is one of the cheapest ways to add another tick to that count — when Rafiq swings alone and stacks four or five exalted triggers, that +1/+1 from the Squire is the difference between lethal and not.
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 |
Akrasan Squire is legal in Commander, Legacy, Modern, Vintage, Pauper, and Oathbreaker, but it only matters in one of them. In Pauper, exalted aggro is a real archetype and Akrasan Squire slots in as a cheap trigger on a body. In Commander, it belongs exclusively in dedicated exalted piles — outside that context, a 1/1 for one that does nothing at sorcery speed is below the power floor of the format. Legacy and Vintage have no interest in it.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.20 bulk tier
At $0.20, Akrasan Squire is bulk — buy the playset for under a dollar and don't think twice about it. Demand is narrow enough that the price has nowhere to go; treat it as a free inclusion if you need the trigger, not a spec.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.