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Auriok Bladewarden

Creature — Human Soldier

{T}: Target creature gets +X/+X until end of turn, where X is this creature's power.

CMC
2
Mana cost
{1}{W}
Color identity
W
Rarity
uncommon
Set
Mirrodin
Price
$0.20
EDHREC rank
#24453
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Auriok Bladewarden card art
Auriok Bladewarden's activated ability pumps any target creature's power and toughness until end of turn — useful on its face, but the reason it shows up in tuned lists is Necrotic Ooze, which copies the ability from the graveyard and enables multi-pump combo lines. Outside of that specific shell, a 1/1 for two with a tap ability that doesn't close games is a hard sell.

Format Analysis

Where it lives, where it can’t

FormatVerdict
commander legal
legacy legal
modern legal
pioneer not legal
standard not legal
vintage legal
pauper not legal
oathbreaker legal

Auriok Bladewarden is legal in Commander, Legacy, Modern, Vintage, and Oathbreaker, but it sees essentially no play outside of Commander. In Legacy and Vintage the competition for two-drop slots is severe enough that a tap-to-pump creature never makes the cut. Modern is the same story — creature-based strategies there demand immediate board impact. Commander is where Auriok Bladewarden finds its niche, and even then only in graveyard-combo decks built around activated abilities, not as a general-purpose support piece.

Key Combos

Combo lines featuring this card

Price Context

Current price

$0.20 bulk tier

At $0.20, Auriok Bladewarden is firmly bulk — the kind of card you pick out of a commons box rather than seek out on the secondary market. Demand is narrow enough that the price is unlikely to climb without a reprint driving renewed combo interest, so grab it cheap when you need it and don't expect it to appreciate.

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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.