Balduvian War-Makers
Creature — Human Barbarian
Haste
Rampage 1 (Whenever this creature becomes blocked, it gets +1/+1 until end of turn for each creature blocking it beyond the first.)
- CMC
- 5
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- R
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Alliances
- Price
- $0.12
- EDHREC rank
- #28837
Balduvian War-Makers puts a 3/3 body on the board for six mana — a rate that was uncompetitive in 1996 and hasn't aged into relevance. There is no shell in 2024 where this is the right card.
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 | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Balduvian War-Makers is legal in Commander, Legacy, Vintage, Pauper, and Oathbreaker, which overstates its viability in all of them. In Pauper, where commons compete hardest on efficiency, a six-mana 3/3 with no enters-the-battlefield effect and no keyword doesn't make any list. Commander has enough five- and six-mana payoffs with actual text that Balduvian War-Makers has no argument for a slot. Legal and playable are different things, and this card illustrates that gap.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.12 bulk tier
At $0.12, Balduvian War-Makers is deep bulk — the kind of card that fills a common box at a dollar store. The price won't drop meaningfully further, but there's no demand pressure that would push it up either.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.