Aloy, Savior of Meridian
Legendary Creature — Human Warrior
Vigilance, reach
In You, All Things Are Possible — Whenever one or more artifact creatures you control attack, discover X, where X is the greatest power among them. (Exile cards from the top of your library until you exile a nonland card with that mana value or less. Cast it without paying its mana cost or put it into your hand. Put the rest on the bottom in a random order.)
- CMC
- 5
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- GU
- Rarity
- mythic
- Set
- Secret Lair Drop
- Price
- $6.54
- EDHREC rank
- #11064
Aloy, Savior of Meridian puts a token-generating, artifact-synergy engine into the command zone for five mana — a reasonable rate when the ability to recast her is built into the cost. The payoff compounds fast enough that she earns her slot without needing much support.
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 |
Commander is where Aloy, Savior of Meridian actually lives — the command zone turns her into a repeatable resource engine rather than a one-shot value play, and artifact-token strategies have enough support in Simic to build around her properly. Legacy and Vintage are technically legal but neither format has any incentive to run a five-mana legendary creature when faster, more efficient engines exist. Oathbreaker is similarly legal but the format's lower starting life total and faster pace make her five-mana entry point a liability.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Budget Alternatives
Cheaper options that do most of the same work
Aloy, Savior of Meridian sits in a niche where the closest replacements are commanders or enablers that make artifact tokens on a trigger — Breya, Etherium Shaper and Brudiclad, Telchor Engineer both do adjacent things but push the deck in different directions. If you want the Simic artifact-token angle on a tighter budget, Lonis, Cryptozoologist provides consistent token generation for two mana, though you lose the direct payoff Aloy staples onto the same card.
Price Context
Current price
$6.54 mid tier
At $6.54, Aloy, Savior of Meridian sits in the mid tier — not a throwaway pickup, but not a barrier to building around her either. As a licensed crossover card with a single printing, the price is unlikely to drop meaningfully, so buying in now versus later makes little practical difference.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.