Assault Intercessor
Creature — Astartes Warrior
First strike, menace
Chainsword — Whenever a creature an opponent controls dies, that player loses 2 life.
- CMC
- 3
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- BW
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- Warhammer 40,000 Commander
- Price
- $1.95
- EDHREC rank
- #8977
Assault Intercessor enters as a 3/1 first strike Warrior for two mana — the kind of aggressive, party-filling body that punches above its cost in creature-type-matters builds. In Burakos, Party Leader // Folk Hero lists it's near-mandatory, checking the Warrior box while threatening early combat damage.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Burakos, Party Leader // Folk Hero
Assault Intercessor fills the Warrior slot in the party count, which directly increases the gold Burakos, Party Leader // Folk Hero generates each attack — it's not incidental synergy, it's structural.
Marneus Calgar
Marneus Calgar draws a card whenever a nontoken creature enters, so Assault Intercessor's cheap curve slot replaces itself on the way in and still applies first-strike pressure in combat.
Nalia de'Arnise
Nalia de'Arnise cares about creatures with the Warrior, Rogue, Cleric, and Wizard types to trigger her dungeon-venturing ability, and Assault Intercessor's Warrior typing makes it a reliable, low-cost activator.
Inquisitor Greyfax
Inquisitor Greyfax rewards aggressive, well-timed attacks, and Assault Intercessor's first strike makes it a favorable blocker deterrent that frees up the rest of the board to swing freely.
Kelsien, the Plague
Kelsien, the Plague gains experience counters whenever another creature dies, and Assault Intercessor's first strike lets it trade up into larger blockers, feeding that counter engine while leaving Kelsien alive to grow.
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 |
Assault Intercessor is legal in Commander, Legacy, Vintage, and Oathbreaker, but its competitive ceiling sits squarely in Commander. In Legacy and Vintage the card is simply too underpowered — a 3/1 first strike for two is nowhere near the rate those formats demand, and it will never see real play there. Commander is where Assault Intercessor earns its keep: party decks, Warrior tribal, and creature-type-matters engines all have genuine reasons to run it. In Oathbreaker it's similarly a fringe role-player in the same narrow archetypes.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$1.95 cheap tier
At $1.95, Assault Intercessor sits in the cheap tier — low enough to slot in without a second thought if the synergy is there. It's a narrow role-player rather than a staple, so don't expect the price to move meaningfully in either direction.
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Sources
Mentioned
- Burakos, Party Leader // Folk Hero
- Marneus Calgar
- Nalia de'Arnise
- Inquisitor Greyfax
- Kelsien, the Plague
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.