Bartel Runeaxe
Legendary Creature — Giant Warrior
Vigilance
Bartel Runeaxe can't be the target of Aura spells.
- CMC
- 6
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- BGR
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- Legends
- Price
- $21.35
- EDHREC rank
- #29431
Bartel Runeaxe is a 7/5 vigilance, trample, haste legend that can't be the target of spells or abilities — a genuinely difficult threat to answer at sorcery speed. The cost is steep: seven mana for a creature that wins nothing on its own and has no enters-the-battlefield effect.
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 | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Bartel Runeaxe is legal in Commander, Legacy, Vintage, and Oathbreaker — irrelevant in every competitive context. In Legacy and Vintage, seven mana for a beater with no immediate impact is unplayable. Commander is the only home where the statline and keyword suite can matter, specifically in Legends-matter decks or Grixis goodstuff shells that want a resilient top-end threat. Even there, the lack of a board impact on entry keeps it firmly in casual territory.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Budget Alternatives
Cheaper options that do most of the same work
Bartel Runeaxe's main sell is the untargetable, evasive beater package — Marit Lage's Slumber produces a 20/20 indestructible flyer for less investment in the right deck, and Toski, Bearer of Secrets trades the raw stats for card draw at a fraction of the mana. If you want a Grixis legend with a similar keyword suite and better constructed upside, Jeleva, Nephalia's Scourge or Scion of the Ur-Dragon shells will get more mileage from the same slot.
Price Context
Current price
$21.35 premium tier
At $21.35, Bartel Runeaxe sits in premium territory driven almost entirely by age and scarcity as an old legendary creature, not by competitive demand. The price is unlikely to compress further given the collector floor on reserved-list-adjacent old legends, but you're paying for nostalgia rather than power.
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Sources
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.