Battle Rampart
Creature — Wall
Defender
: Target creature gains haste until end of turn.
- CMC
- 3
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- R
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Battlebond
- Price
- $0.04
- EDHREC rank
- #23086
Battle Rampart is a three-mana 1/3 that taps to grant haste to a target creature — functional, but competing in a slot where you can get the same effect stapled to a body that actually matters. Run it only when you need redundant haste-enablers and have already filled out the good ones.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | not legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
In Commander, Battle Rampart occupies the bottom tier of haste-enablers — it does the job, but Swiftfoot Boots, Lightning Greaves, and Fires of Yavimaya all outclass it, and that's before considering free or ETB-based options. In Pauper it's legal and occasionally sees fringe play in aggressive red decks that can't access those uncommon and rare alternatives, making the common frame matter more there than anywhere else. Legacy, Vintage, and Modern are all legal formats, but no competitive shell has ever needed a 1/3 that taps to grant haste when faster and cheaper options dominate. Battle Rampart is a Commander card by default — specifically a redundancy piece in haste-matters builds that have already exhausted the better slots.
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Price Context
Current price
$0.04 bulk tier
At $0.04, Battle Rampart is deep bulk — you're paying for cardboard and postage, not the card itself. That price is stable because demand is too low to move; don't expect it to change in either direction.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.