And They Shall Know No Fear
Instant
Choose a creature type. Creatures you control of the chosen type get +1/+0 and gain indestructible until end of turn.
- CMC
- 2
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- W
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Warhammer 40,000 Commander
- Price
- —
- EDHREC rank
- #3432
And They Shall Know No Fear turns a wide board of humans or soldiers into an immediate, unblockable alpha strike — the indestructible clause means you walk into shields-up boards without flinching. At two mana, it's priced to see play, and Commissar Severina Raine decks that are already flooding the board with tokens have near-zero reason to leave it out.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Commissar Severina Raine
Commissar Severina Raine produces a stream of Astra Militarum tokens, and And They Shall Know No Fear turns that token flood into a single lethal swing with indestructibility blocking any attempt to trade into it.
Marneus Calgar
Marneus Calgar's draw engine rewards going wide with Space Marine tokens, and And They Shall Know No Fear converts that wide state into a protected, unblockable closer without requiring any additional setup.
Greymond, Avacyn's Stalwart
Greymond, Avacyn's Stalwart cares deeply about humans attacking in formation, and And They Shall Know No Fear gives that team evasion and indestructibility on the same turn they swing for lethal.
Inquisitor Greyfax
Inquisitor Greyfax pushes vigilance and tapping effects onto a soldier-heavy board, and And They Shall Know No Fear makes the inevitable combat step impossible to chump-block or punish with blockers.
Commander Mustard
Commander Mustard builds around vehicle crews and aggressive humans, and And They Shall Know No Fear adds the evasion layer that prevents a clogged board state from stalling out the beatdown plan.
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 And They Shall Know No Fear is built to live — the format's tendency toward token go-wide strategies and multiplayer combat math makes the indestructible-plus-unblockable package genuinely impactful rather than win-more. Legacy and Vintage are legal but uninterested; two-mana combat tricks don't clear the bar in formats where the turn structure is compressed and interaction operates at instant speed before attackers ever become relevant. Oathbreaker is the one alternative format where it could show up, specifically in aggressive white Oathbreaker shells that mirror the Commander token strategy.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
unknown tier
Pricing data for And They Shall Know No Fear isn't currently available, so check Scryfall or TCGPlayer for live numbers. Given the card's niche appeal to Warhammer 40,000-adjacent Commander decks, it tends to move slowly on the secondary market — if you're building one of the synergistic commanders above, picking up a copy at current rates is low-risk.
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Sources
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.