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Blaring Recruiter

Creature — Elf Warrior

Partner with Blaring Captain (When this creature enters, target player may put Blaring Captain into their hand from their library, then shuffle.)
{2}{W}: Create a 1/1 white Warrior creature token.

CMC
4
Mana cost
{3}{W}
Color identity
W
Rarity
uncommon
Set
Battlebond Promos
Price
—
EDHREC rank
#22046
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Blaring Recruiter card art
Blaring Recruiter puts a 3/1 creature with vigilance onto the battlefield every turn — for free — as long as you can pay one mana per activation. The cost is real: four mana and an activated-ability payoff like Zirda, the Dawnwaker to make the engine hum, which means it earns its slot in specific shells and nowhere else.

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

Blaring Recruiter is a Commander card through and through — the repeatable token generation is too slow for Legacy or Vintage, where the game ends before the engine pays off, and it's illegal in every other competitive format. In Commander, it belongs in activated-ability decks that can reduce its cost or copy its trigger, where grinding out a 3/1 vigilance token every turn becomes a legitimate pressure source over a 40-life game.

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Price Context

Current price

unknown tier

Pricing data for Blaring Recruiter isn't currently available, so check Scryfall or TCGPlayer for the latest. Given its narrow niche in activated-ability Commander builds, it tends to fly under the radar and is typically an inexpensive pickup when it does show up in stock.

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