Burning Shield Askari
Creature — Human Knight
Flanking (Whenever a creature without flanking blocks this creature, the blocking creature gets -1/-1 until end of turn.)
: This creature gains first strike until end of turn.
- CMC
- 3
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- R
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Mirage
- Price
- $0.15
- EDHREC rank
- #28014
Burning Shield Askari is a 3/2 first striker that costs three mana and requires two more to gain flanking — a tax so steep that the creature almost never punches above its base stats. Bulk rare territory; there are better three-drop red attackers at every power level.
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 | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Burning Shield Askari is legal in Commander, Legacy, Vintage, Pauper, and Oathbreaker, but legal doesn't mean playable. In Pauper it competes with a deep pool of efficient red creatures and loses badly on rate. In Commander, a 3/2 first striker with an expensive activated ability does nothing at a table where everyone is playing haymakers. Legacy and Vintage don't want it at any price. This card has no competitive home in any format.
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Price Context
Current price
$0.15 bulk tier
At $0.15, Burning Shield Askari sits firmly in bulk — the kind of card that ends up in trade binders as filler. That price is about as low as it goes and there's no synergy ceiling that would push it higher.
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Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.