Bomber Corps
Creature — Human Soldier
Battalion — Whenever this creature and at least two other creatures attack, this creature deals 1 damage to any target.
- CMC
- 2
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- R
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- The List
- Price
- $0.16
- EDHREC rank
- #23265
Bomber Corps is a 1/2 for two mana that deals 1 damage to a target creature or player when it attacks — conditional, slow, and trivially blocked. Pinging is not a strategy, and two mana buys far better attackers in every format.
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 |
Bomber Corps has no meaningful home in any competitive format. In Commander, the one-damage trigger on attack is too slow to matter against 40-life opponents, and the 1/2 body trades with any token. Pauper is the only context where it could theoretically see fringe play in a dedicated Battalion or aggressive red shell, but even there it underperforms compared to direct damage spells at the same cost. Legacy, Modern, and Pioneer all have redundant options that outclass it on rate by a wide margin.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.16 bulk tier
At $0.16, Bomber Corps sits firmly in bulk territory and will stay there — demand is too thin to move the needle. Pick it up only if you're sleeving every Battalion creature for a Commander theme deck, and even then don't expect the price to matter.
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Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.