Blaze Commando
Creature — Minotaur Soldier
Whenever an instant or sorcery spell you control deals damage, create two 1/1 red and white Soldier creature tokens with haste.
- CMC
- 5
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- RW
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Dragon's Maze
- Price
- $0.12
- EDHREC rank
- #19557
Blaze Commando floods the board with 1/1 Soldier tokens every time you deal noncombat damage with an instant or sorcery — in a deck built around burn spells, that's a creature army stapled to your damage package. The five-mana cost is real, but Firesong and Sunspeaker decks pay it without hesitation because the token generation turns every Lightning Bolt into a Raise the Alarm.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Firesong and Sunspeaker
Firesong and Sunspeaker already wants a critical mass of burn instants and sorceries, so Blaze Commando converts that existing gameplan into a parallel go-wide threat — each spell that gains you life or pings an opponent now also populates the board with attackers.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Blaze Commando is a Commander card through and through — five mana and a payoff that scales over many turns fits the 40-life, multiplayer context far better than any 60-card format. In competitive Modern or Legacy, the rate is simply too slow; burn decks there want to end the game before a five-drop ever matters. Pioneer is legal but the same logic applies — Blaze Commando never sees play there. Commander is the only format where the token generation accumulates enough value to justify the cost, especially in dedicated spellslinger builds.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.12 bulk tier
At $0.12, Blaze Commando sits firmly in bulk territory — you can pick up a copy as an afterthought in any order. Bulk rares with narrow applications tend to stay cheap, so don't expect the price to move unless a new commander arrives to dramatically spike demand.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.