Aven Trailblazer
Creature — Bird Soldier
Flying
Domain — Aven Trailblazer's toughness is equal to the number of basic land types among lands you control.
- CMC
- 3
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- W
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Conflux
- Price
- $0.04
- EDHREC rank
- #28055
Aven Trailblazer is a two-mana 2/1 flier whose power and toughness each grow by 1 for every basic land type among lands you control — a ceiling that tops out around 6/5 in five-color decks but rarely gets there in focused builds. The rate is too conditional to compete with fixed-stat fliers at the same cost.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | not legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
In Commander, Aven Trailblazer finds its best home in five-color or domain-style decks where all five basic land types are routine — Jodah, Archmage Eternal or Garth One-Eye shells can push it to a 6/5 flier for two mana, which is genuinely above-rate. Outside of domain synergy, it's an underwhelming body that mono-color and two-color decks have no reason to run. In Pauper, the format's efficient one- and two-drop threats make a conditional beater hard to justify. Legacy and Vintage have no interest in a creature this fragile and slow.
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Price Context
Current price
$0.04 bulk tier
At $0.04, Aven Trailblazer is deep bulk — you'll find it in a common box before you'd bother ordering it. There's no meaningful demand driver to change that, so treat it as a free inclusion if you already own one.
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Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.