Civic Stalwart
Creature — Elephant Soldier
When this creature enters, creatures you control get +1/+1 until end of turn.
- CMC
- 4
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- W
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Ravnica Allegiance
- Price
- $0.04
- EDHREC rank
- #26087
Civic Stalwart enters and pumps your entire team +1/+1, turning any attack step into a threat the moment it resolves. Five mana for a 3/3 with a static-style anthem on entry is fair rate in go-wide creature decks, and strictly worse than nothing in anything else.
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, Civic Stalwart earns a slot in go-wide token or creature-flood decks where five mana for a one-time +1/+1 anthem across ten or more bodies is legitimate damage — outside that context, it's too slow and too narrow to justify. Pauper is the other format where it sees honest consideration, specifically in common-legal white weenie or Soldier lists that need anthem redundancy and can't access rares. In Modern, Pioneer, Legacy, and Vintage, the competition at five mana is brutal and a enters-the-battlefield pump that doesn't persist is nowhere near the bar.
Key Combos
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Price Context
Current price
$0.04 bulk tier
At $0.04, Civic Stalwart is deep bulk — you're paying for cardboard and shipping, not the card. Bulk commons don't appreciate; run it because it fits the deck, not because it won't stay this cheap.
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.