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Barret, Avalanche Leader

Legendary Creature — Human Rebel

Reach
Avalanche! — Whenever an Equipment you control enters, create a 2/2 red Rebel creature token.
At the beginning of combat on your turn, attach up to one target Equipment you control to target Rebel you control.

CMC
4
Mana cost
{2}{R}{G}
Color identity
GR
Rarity
rare
Set
Final Fantasy Commander
Price
$0.21
EDHREC rank
#8034
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Barret, Avalanche Leader card art
Barret, Avalanche Leader hits the board as a mana engine and a token factory simultaneously — tap artifacts for Avalanche tokens, then tap those tokens for more mana. The catch is the dependency on a critical mass of artifacts, which makes him nearly unplayable outside a dedicated shell, but inside one he pulls serious weight alongside Cloud, Ex-SOLDIER and Dan Lewis.

Best Commanders

Commanders with the highest synergy

01
Cloud, Ex-SOLDIER

Cloud, Ex-SOLDIER

55.2% of decks · synergy 0.50

Cloud, Ex-SOLDIER runs on a steady supply of artifacts and Limit counters, and Barret, Avalanche Leader feeds both sides of that equation — generating Avalanche tokens that double as artifact fodder and tapping into the same go-wide synergies that make the Final Fantasy party engine tick.

Format Analysis

Where it lives, where it can’t

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

Commander is the only format where Barret, Avalanche Leader is actually doing something — the artifact-token feedback loop needs a full 99-card sandbox and a commander like Cloud, Ex-SOLDIER to reach critical mass. Legacy and Vintage allow him technically, but no competitive shell there wants a five-mana legendary that asks you to build around it. He's a Commander card through and through: the design rewards the kind of synergy-dense, theme-committed deckbuilding that singleton formats encourage.

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Price Context

Current price

$0.21 bulk tier

At $0.21, Barret, Avalanche Leader is deep bulk — easy to acquire as a four-of in any supported format or as a singleton pickup for Commander. Bulk rares tied to a specific synergy theme tend to stay cheap unless the surrounding strategy spikes, so don't expect price movement unless the Final Fantasy artifact shell becomes a breakout archetype.

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