Daybreak Charger
Creature — Unicorn
When this creature enters, target creature gets +2/+0 until end of turn.
- CMC
- 2
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- W
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Core Set 2021
- Price
- $0.21
- EDHREC rank
- #18724
Daybreak Charger enters the battlefield and immediately pumps a target creature +2/+0 until end of turn — no setup, no conditions, just a body plus a combat trick stapled together. The cost is a three-mana 2/2 with no other text, which is a steep ask in every format except the one where Thurid, Mare of Destiny turns that enter-the-battlefield trigger into a repeatable engine.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Thurid, Mare of Destiny
Thurid, Mare of Destiny cares specifically about creatures that trigger on entering the battlefield, and Daybreak Charger delivers both a body and a pump effect the moment it arrives — in a Thurid deck that blinks or bounces its creatures repeatedly, that +2/+0 keeps threatening lethal on the same turn Thurid is swinging.
Emiel the Blessed
Emiel the Blessed's ability to blink creatures for three mana means Daybreak Charger's enter-the-battlefield pump becomes a repeatable combat trick, letting Emiel push a key attacker over a blocker's toughness every single turn cycle.
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, Daybreak Charger is a niche role-player: it belongs in blink and flicker shells where the enter-the-battlefield pump fires repeatedly rather than once. Outside that context, a 2/2 for three with a one-shot boost is too inefficient for competitive formats — Modern and Pioneer have no reason to run it over cheaper, more permanent pump spells. Pauper is the one constructed format where a repeatable-blink shell could find a use for it, though the card sees essentially no play there either. Legacy and Vintage ignore it entirely.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.21 bulk tier
At $0.21, Daybreak Charger is firmly bulk — the kind of card you pull from a box rather than buy individually. It won't appreciate; its appeal is narrow enough that demand will stay low even if Thurid, Mare of Destiny shells grow in popularity.
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Sources
Mentioned
- Thurid, Mare of Destiny
- Emiel the Blessed
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.