Alaborn Musketeer
Creature — Human Soldier
Reach (This creature can block creatures with flying.)
- CMC
- 2
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- W
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Masters Edition IV
- Price
- —
- EDHREC rank
- #28554
Alaborn Musketeer is a 2/2 for two mana with first strike against non-white creatures — a conditional combat ability that only matters when blocking or attacking into the right opponents. White has far better two-drops at every power level, and this one sees essentially no competitive play for good reason.
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 | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Alaborn Musketeer is legal in Commander, Legacy, Vintage, Pauper, and Oathbreaker, but legal doesn't mean playable. In Commander, the conditional first strike rarely lines up well enough in a four-player game to justify a roster slot over creatures with unconditional upsides. Pauper is the only format where commons get a real look, but even there the two-mana slot is crowded with creatures that don't need color-based asterisks to be effective. Legacy and Vintage ignore it entirely.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
unknown tier
Pricing data for Alaborn Musketeer isn't currently available, but given its negligible competitive presence across every format, expect it to sit in bulk territory — likely under $0.25 if you can find it at all. It's not worth tracking down unless you're completing a specific collection.
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Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.