Duelist's Heritage
Enchantment
Whenever one or more creatures attack, you may have target attacking creature gain double strike until end of turn.
- CMC
- 3
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- W
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- Commander 2021
- Price
- $2.74
- EDHREC rank
- #1306
Duelist's Heritage grants double strike to any attacking creature — including opponents' — for free on each combat, and it does this at three mana with no ongoing cost. In Nelly Borca, Impulsive Accuser builds specifically, it's not a support piece; it's a primary engine.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Nelly Borca, Impulsive Accuser
Nelly Borca, Impulsive Accuser forces opponents to attack each other, and Duelist's Heritage lets you selectively double those forced attackers' damage — accelerating the political chaos while keeping you out of the crossfire.
Breena, the Demagogue
Breena, the Demagogue grows whenever a player attacks someone with fewer cards or life, so Duelist's Heritage on a token swinging at a lower-life opponent can mean two +1/+1 counters on Breena in a single combat step.
Sergeant John Benton
Sergeant John Benton cares about creatures fighting and dealing damage, and Duelist's Heritage turns any attacker into a reliable double-damage threat without requiring combat tricks or extra mana.
Baeloth Barrityl, Entertainer // Noble Heritage
Baeloth Barrityl, Entertainer // Noble Heritage goads opponents' creatures into attacking, and Duelist's Heritage converts those goad-forced attackers into double-strike threats that punish whoever they're aimed at.
Lightning, Army of One
Lightning, Army of One wants to swing in alone and maximize solo-attacker payoffs, and Duelist's Heritage effectively doubles that lone attacker's damage output at zero marginal mana cost on combat.
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 |
Duelist's Heritage lives almost entirely in Commander, where the goad and combat-politics archetype gives it a dedicated home and three opponents to aim it at. In Legacy and Vintage it's technically legal but sees no meaningful play — three mana for a conditional double-strike anthem is too slow and too situational against combo-heavy fields. Oathbreaker is the one non-Commander format where a double-strike enchantment might occasionally show up in an aggressive shell, but the card's real power comes from the political dimension of choosing which attacker benefits, something that only matters at a multiplayer table.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$2.74 cheap tier
At $2.74, Duelist's Heritage sits at the low end of Commander staples that see play in thousands of decks — an 80%+ inclusion rate in Nelly Borca lists means this price is unlikely to drop further. It's a clean pickup at this tier.
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Sources
Mentioned
- Nelly Borca, Impulsive Accuser
- Breena, the Demagogue
- Sergeant John Benton
- Baeloth Barrityl, Entertainer // Noble Heritage
- Lightning, Army of One
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.