Crimson Fleet Commodore
Creature — Ogre Pirate
Trample
When this creature enters, you become the monarch.
- CMC
- 4
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- R
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Commander Legends
- Price
- $0.12
- EDHREC rank
- #13644
Crimson Fleet Commodore enters, forces each opponent to sacrifice a non-Treasure artifact or hand you a Treasure — a three-for-one drain effect at five mana that generates immediate value without needing to survive. The cost is real: five mana for a 4/4 with no evasion and a one-shot triggered ability means it does nothing the turn after it lands, but the enters-the-battlefield payoff is good enough that Jared Carthalion, True Heir decks don't care.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Jared Carthalion, True Heir
Jared Carthalion, True Heir wants to tax and drain opponents through political pressure, and Crimson Fleet Commodore's forced sacrifice-or-pay trigger hits every opponent simultaneously — feeding Jared's counter-accumulation gameplan while stripping utility artifacts from the table.
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 |
Crimson Fleet Commodore is a Commander card through and through — the enters-the-battlefield trigger scales directly with the number of opponents, delivering two or three Treasures when opponents can't pay in artifact-light pods. In Pauper it's legal but occupies a clunky spot at five mana where tempo is everything; the drain effect rarely justifies the slot outside dedicated sacrifice loops. Legacy and Vintage are non-starters: the floor is far too low to compete at those speeds, and Crimson Fleet Commodore will never see meaningful play there. Stick to Commander, ideally in a shell that can recur or flicker it to repeat the trigger.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.12 bulk tier
At $0.12, Crimson Fleet Commodore is deep bulk — pick it up out of any commons box without hesitation. Bulk rares with narrow Commander applications don't tend to spike, so don't expect movement unless a high-profile deck list puts it on the map.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.