Axgard Braggart
Creature — Dwarf Warrior
Boast — 
: Untap this creature. Put a +1/+1 counter on it. (Activate only if this creature attacked this turn and only once each turn.)
- CMC
- 4
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- W
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Kaldheim
- Price
- $0.11
- EDHREC rank
- #27068
Axgard Braggart is a four-mana 4/3 that enters tapped unless you have the legend rule working in your favor — a real cost in Commander, where legendary creatures are everywhere, but a speed bump in any other format. Boast-2 stapling a Glorious Anthem effect onto it is niche enough that you'll only run it in dedicated go-wide dwarf or legendary-matters builds.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Axgard Braggart is a fringe Commander pickup at best, slotting into Depala, Pilot Exemplar dwarf tribal or legendary-matters go-wide strategies where the boast trigger actually fires. In Pauper, the four-mana slot is brutally competitive and a conditional-entry creature with a taxing activated ability won't clear the bar. Modern, Pioneer, Legacy, and Vintage have no interest — the card simply doesn't do enough for formats where four mana buys game-ending threats.
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Price Context
Current price
$0.11 bulk tier
At $0.11, Axgard Braggart is pure bulk with no realistic path to relevance outside its narrow tribal home. Pick it up for pennies if you're building dwarves; otherwise there's nothing here to chase.
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Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.