Augusta, Order Returned
Legendary Creature — Spirit Advisor
Flying, vigilance
Whenever Augusta attacks, each player exiles a card from their graveyard. When one or more nonland cards are exiled this way, put that many +1/+1 counters on target attacking creature.
- CMC
- 3
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- W
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- Secrets of Strixhaven Commander
- Price
- $0.34
- EDHREC rank
- #15078
Augusta, Order Returned hits the board as a 4/4 flier with lifelink and pops an immediate scry-and-draw trigger whenever you cast a historic spell — that's a card advantage engine stapled to a threat. The cost is five mana at three colors, which is steep enough that Augusta, Order Returned earns its slot only in dedicated historic shells alongside payoffs like Quintorius, History Chaser rather than as a generic value card.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Quintorius, History Chaser
Quintorius, History Chaser rewards every historic spell with an Elephant token and a damage ping, so Augusta, Order Returned stacks directly on top — the same cast that triggers Quintorius also draws you a card, doubling your return on each saga, artifact, or legendary spell you play.
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 |
Augusta, Order Returned is legal in Commander, Legacy, Vintage, and Oathbreaker, but realistically it lives in Commander. In Legacy and Vintage the five-mana cost puts it out of reach — those formats end games before a 4/4 with a conditional draw trigger matters. Commander is the right home: the 100-card singleton environment rewards the sustained card advantage Augusta, Order Returned generates, and historic-dense builds stuffed with sagas, legendary creatures, and artifacts give it repeated triggers across a long game. Oathbreaker is worth a mention if your signature spell is a historic payoff, but the pool of supported strategies there is narrow.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.34 bulk tier
At $0.34, Augusta, Order Returned sits firmly in bulk territory — low enough that picking up a copy is a no-brainer if you're already building a historic Commander deck. Bulk rares with narrow but genuine synergy homes tend to stay cheap, so don't expect this to spike, but at this price the value proposition is simple: run it in the right deck and you're getting a card-advantage engine for less than a sleeve.
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.