Court Hussar
Creature — Vedalken Knight
Vigilance
When this creature enters, look at the top three cards of your library, then put one of them into your hand and the rest on the bottom of your library in any order.
When this creature enters, sacrifice it unless 
was spent to cast it.
- CMC
- 3
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- UW
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Commander 2011
- Price
- $0.23
- EDHREC rank
- #24296
Court Hussar enters, filters three cards, and leaves a 2/3 vigilance body — all for three mana with a white hybrid pip that's trivially paid in any white deck. The catch is a mandatory Azorius color identity that shuts it out of mono-white and mono-blue builds, but in any shell that can pay the tribute cost, this is a clean card-selection engine stapled to a relevant blocker — and in Aluren decks, it becomes a free loop piece.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | not legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Court Hussar is a role-player in Commander, not a headliner — it slots into Azorius and multicolor control shells that want cheap, repeatable card selection without committing to a fragile combo piece. In Legacy and Vintage, it sees essentially no play; those formats don't trade three mana and a body for filtered cards when cantrips cost one. Pauper is where Court Hussar has historically had the most competitive traction, pairing naturally with Aluren in creature-based loops and slotting into blue-white tempo strategies that value incremental card quality over raw speed.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Court HussarAlurenHaakon, Stromgald Scourge
Infinite LTB; Infinite ETB; Infinite sacrifice triggers; Infinite death triggers; Infinite storm count; Infinite card draw
View on Commander Spellbook ↗Price Context
Current price
$0.23 bulk tier
At $0.23, Court Hussar is deep bulk — you're paying for cardboard, not scarcity. That price is stable; this is a niche card with a defined audience and no reprint pressure that would crater it further, so picking up copies for Aluren builds is a non-decision.
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Sources
Mentioned
- Aluren
- Haakon, Stromgald Scourge
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.