Blood Age General
Creature — Spirit Warrior
: Attacking Spirits get +1/+0 until end of turn.
- CMC
- 2
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- R
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Strixhaven: School of Mages
- Price
- $0.03
- EDHREC rank
- #24477
Blood Age General hits the board as a 3/2 with lifelink and the ability to pump your team whenever you attack — solid stats and immediate presence for three mana. The rate is good enough for aggressive Commander builds and more than playable in Pauper, where every point of efficiency matters.
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 | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
In Commander, Blood Age General earns a slot in go-wide aggro builds that want cheap, impactful bodies — the attack trigger stacks fast when you're swinging with a crowd. Pauper is where Blood Age General has the most competitive relevance, since the format's power ceiling is low enough that a lifelink beater with an anthem-style trigger can close games. In Modern and Legacy it's simply outclassed by the depth of options at three mana, and Pioneer offers enough mid-range competition to push it to the fringes. Oathbreaker mirrors Commander in terms of fit — playable in the right aggressive shell, forgettable outside it.
Key Combos
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Price Context
Current price
$0.03 bulk tier
At $0.03, Blood Age General is deep bulk — you're picking these out of a common box, not a binder. Bulk commons at this price floor don't move unless a deck archetype breaks out around them, so treat it as a free inclusion rather than a financial consideration.
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.