Brigone, Soldier of Meletis
Legendary Creature — Human Soldier
Vigilance
Heroic — Whenever you cast a spell that targets Brigone, put a +1/+1 counter on Brigone.
, Remove a +1/+1 counter from Brigone: Draw a card.
- CMC
- 2
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- W
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- Foundations Jumpstart
- Price
- $1.98
- EDHREC rank
- #9550
Brigone, Soldier of Meletis turns every spell cast by your creatures into a free loot effect, and in the right shell that's engine territory on a two-drop body. The ceiling is absurd — pair it with Mind Over Matter and you can chain activations into a full-deck dig — but even without the broken line, it earns its slot as a consistent source of card selection. Ardbert, Warrior of Darkness decks run it at nearly 46% inclusion for good reason: free filtering on a cheap creature is exactly what go-wide and life-payment strategies want.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Ardbert, Warrior of Darkness
Ardbert, Warrior of Darkness and Brigone, Soldier of Meletis form a natural loop: Ardbert's ability to drain life while going wide means you're casting creature spells constantly, and Brigone converts every one of those casts into a loot, keeping the engine fed and the hand from running dry.
Feather, the Redeemed
Feather, the Redeemed recurs instants and sorceries to hand every turn, and Brigone, Soldier of Meletis turns each of those Feather triggers into an additional loot — the two together generate far more card selection than either does alone, and Brigone's low cost means it hits play before the spell chain starts.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | not legal |
| pioneer | not legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Commander is where Brigone, Soldier of Meletis does its best work — 100-card singleton rewards consistent, low-cost filtering, and a two-mana creature that loots on every creature spell is a real engine piece in the right build. Legacy and Vintage allow it, but neither format has a home for a slow, incremental value creature that doesn't impact the board on its own. Oathbreaker is the one 60-card-adjacent format where it could see play, specifically in creature-dense shells that want to dig for a finisher. Everywhere else, it's not legal and wouldn't matter if it were.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Brigone, Soldier of MeletisMind Over MatterWizard Class
Infinite self-discard triggers; Infinite draw triggers; Infinite looting
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Current price
$1.98 cheap tier
At $1.98, Brigone, Soldier of Meletis sits at the low end of the cheap tier — reasonable for a card with real combo upside and nearly 46% inclusion in its highest-synergy commander. That price reflects its niche appeal: powerful in the right deck, irrelevant outside of it, which keeps demand narrow enough that it's unlikely to spike unless a breakout build pushes it into the spotlight.
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Sources
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.