Baron, Airship Kingdom
Land — Town
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- CMC
- 0
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- RU
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Final Fantasy
- Price
- $0.20
- EDHREC rank
- #4947
Baron, Airship Kingdom lands and immediately threatens the board — its enters-the-battlefield effect and ongoing payoff for artifact and Vehicle synergies can swing a game before opponents untap. The cost is real, though: it demands a deck built around it, and without The Wandering Minstrel or a comparable engine, it underperforms badly.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
The Wandering Minstrel
The Wandering Minstrel is the natural home for Baron, Airship Kingdom — Minstrel's crew-and-loot engine generates exactly the artifact and Vehicle activity Baron taxes opponents for, turning every crew step into incremental advantage that compounds fast.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | legal |
| standard | legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Baron, Airship Kingdom is a Commander card through and through — its value scales with the number of opponents and the length of the game, two things competitive 60-card formats don't offer. In Standard and Pioneer it's too slow and too conditional against focused aggro and removal-heavy midrange. Modern and Legacy have zero interest; there are simply faster, more resilient threats at every point on the curve. Commander is where Baron actually functions: multiplayer threat density means the triggered effects fire repeatedly, and the political pressure of taxing all opponents simultaneously is a real deterrent.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.20 bulk tier
Baron, Airship Kingdom sits firmly in bulk territory at $0.20, which is accurate given its narrow application. It's a strong role-player in the right deck but has no crossover appeal to competitive formats, so don't expect the price to move unless a new Vehicle-focused commander pushes it into the spotlight.
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Sources
Mentioned
- The Wandering Minstrel
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.