Caesar, Legion's Emperor
Legendary Creature — Human Soldier
Whenever you attack, you may sacrifice another creature. When you do, choose two —
• Create two 1/1 red and white Soldier creature tokens with haste that are tapped and attacking.
• You draw a card and you lose 1 life.
• Caesar deals damage equal to the number of creature tokens you control to target opponent.
- CMC
- 4
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- BRW
- Rarity
- mythic
- Set
- Fallout
- Price
- $9.22
- EDHREC rank
- #2666
Caesar, Legion's Emperor turns every attacking creature into a token factory and a draw engine simultaneously — that kind of board-wide dividend on something you're already doing is rare at any cost. At five mana in Mardu colors, he slots cleanly into combat-centric decks and goes infinite with Breath of Fury the moment you have two creatures swinging, making him a priority include wherever Zurgo Stormrender is leading the charge.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Zurgo Stormrender
Zurgo Stormrender's whole gameplan is attacking with a wide board on as many consecutive turns as possible, and Caesar, Legion's Emperor rewards every one of those attacks with tokens and card draw — the two together create a self-sustaining engine where each swing refuels the next.
Neriv, Crackling Vanguard
Neriv, Crackling Vanguard generates hasty tokens that attack the turn they enter, and Caesar, Legion's Emperor converts each of those fresh attacks into even more tokens, compounding the board state faster than opponents can answer it.
Isshin, Two Heavens as One
Isshin, Two Heavens as One doubles every attack trigger on the battlefield, so Caesar, Legion's Emperor's token and draw ability fires twice per attacking creature — the math gets out of hand in a single combat step.
Zurgo, Thunder's Decree
Zurgo, Thunder's Decree incentivizes fielding as many Warriors and creatures as possible, and Caesar, Legion's Emperor tacks card draw and token generation onto that combat pressure, keeping the hand full and the board growing simultaneously.
Silvar, Devourer of the Free // Trynn, Champion of Freedom
Trynn, Champion of Freedom creates a Human token each combat, and Caesar, Legion's Emperor turns every attack those tokens make into additional tokens plus draws — Silvar, Devourer of the Free // Trynn, Champion of Freedom decks are already attacking every turn, so Caesar converts that baseline activity into compounding advantage.
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 the natural home for Caesar, Legion's Emperor — a five-mana legendary who needs a board of attackers to pay off wants the longer game arc and multiplayer combat frequency that EDH provides. In Legacy and Vintage, he's technically legal but competes in formats where five-mana creatures with no immediate board impact get outpaced before a single attack step resolves. Oathbreaker is a reasonable fit if your signature spell feeds combat, though the faster pace of 20-life games means he needs to attack by turn three to matter. Across the formats where he can't compete on rate, the ability simply costs too much for too delayed a payoff — Caesar belongs at a Commander table.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Caesar, Legion's EmperorBreath of Fury
Infinite combat damage; Infinite combat phases; Infinite death triggers; Infinite ETB; Infinite LTB; Infinite mana creatures you control can produce; Infinite sacrifice triggers; Infinite untap of creatures you control
View on Commander Spellbook ↗Budget Alternatives
Cheaper options that do most of the same work
Breena, the Demagogue offers a similar attack-step draw and token engine in Mardu for three mana, though her triggers are conditional on opponents' life totals rather than your own attackers, which makes her less consistent in creature-heavy metas. Reconnaissance Mission and Plunder the Graves-style draw staples can replicate the card-draw half of what Caesar, Legion's Emperor does at a lower price point, but no single card under two dollars replicates the combined token production and draw on one permanent.
Price Context
Current price
$9.22 mid tier
At $9.22, Caesar, Legion's Emperor sits in the mid tier — meaningful enough to feel the purchase, cheap enough that any deck running Mardu combat triggers should absorb it without hesitation. Given his role as a staple in multiple high-traffic archetypes, this price is fair and unlikely to soften as long as attack-trigger commanders remain popular.
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Sources
Mentioned
- Breath of Fury
- Zurgo Stormrender
- Neriv, Crackling Vanguard
- Isshin, Two Heavens as One
- Zurgo, Thunder's Decree
- Silvar, Devourer of the Free // Trynn, Champion of Freedom
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.