Commander Mustard
Legendary Creature — Human Soldier
Vigilance
Other Soldiers you control have vigilance, trample, and haste.
: Until end of turn, Soldiers you control gain "Whenever this creature attacks, it deals 1 damage to defending player."
- CMC
- 5
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- RW
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- Ravnica: Clue Edition
- Price
- $0.96
- EDHREC rank
- #11082
Commander Mustard gives every creature you control menace and first strike on attack — a blanket combat buff that turns a mediocre board into a wall of deterrents. Iroas, God of Victory covers some of the same ground, but Mustard is a creature in the command zone who can threaten the table himself, and that redundancy is the point.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Iroas, God of Victory
Iroas, God of Victory already pushes aggressive Boros combat, and Commander Mustard stacks directly on top of that gameplan — menace from Iroas plus first strike from Mustard means most blockers simply can't trade favorably, turning every attack into a near-free swing.
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 Commander Mustard actually lives — as a commander, he's the engine, turning every creature in your 99 into a first-strike menace threat the moment you swing wide. In Legacy and Vintage he's technically legal but competes in formats that don't care about incremental combat buffs, so he never sees play there. Oathbreaker is the one non-Commander 60-card-adjacent format where aggressive creature strategies can occasionally thrive, and Mustard is a passable top-end in a red-white attacking build.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.96 bulk tier
At $0.96, Commander Mustard sits firmly in bulk rare territory — cheap enough to pick up without a second thought. Bulk status for a build-around commander usually holds; there's no secondary-market pressure pushing him up unless he sees a breakout moment online.
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Sources
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.