Akroan Crusader
Creature — Human Soldier
Heroic — Whenever you cast a spell that targets this creature, create a 1/1 red Soldier creature token with haste. (It can attack and 
as soon as it comes under your control.)
- CMC
- 1
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- R
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Pioneer Masters
- Price
- —
- EDHREC rank
- #10435
Akroan Crusader turns every targeting spell into a free 1/1 Soldier token with haste — the impact is immediate and recursive in the right shell. One mana for a one-drop that compounds with each cantrip or pump spell makes Feather, the Redeemed its natural home.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Feather, the Redeemed
Feather, the Redeemed recycles targeting spells from the graveyard to hand every turn, which means Akroan Crusader doesn't just make one token per spell — it makes one every loop, stacking a board of hasty Soldiers while Feather's engine runs.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
In Commander, Akroan Crusader is a role-player, not a staple — it belongs in Feather, the Redeemed decks specifically, where the spell-recursion engine makes each targeting cantrip a repeatable token factory. Outside that shell, a one-mana 1/1 with a conditional trigger doesn't move the needle at 100-card singleton power levels. In Pauper, where it's legal at common, it has a cleaner case — token-based aggressive decks can trigger it consistently in a format where one-drops matter more. Legacy, Modern, and Pioneer all have enough redundancy and speed that Akroan Crusader sits well below the competitive threshold in those formats.
Key Combos
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Price Context
Current price
unknown tier
Pricing data isn't available for Akroan Crusader at the moment, but as a non-rare common with a narrow use case it has historically sat well under a dollar. It's worth grabbing a copy from a bulk bin rather than paying any meaningful premium.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.