Dusk Legion Duelist
Creature — Vampire Soldier
Vigilance
Whenever one or more +1/+1 counters are put on this creature, draw a card. This ability triggers only once each turn.
- CMC
- 2
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- W
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- March of the Machine
- Price
- $1.95
- EDHREC rank
- #2623
Dusk Legion Duelist draws you a card every time a +1/+1 counter lands on it — and in counter-heavy shells, that trigger fires multiple times per turn cycle. Breena, the Demagogue is the cleanest home: Breena hands out counters to creatures you control whenever an opponent draws, which means the Duelist is drawing you cards off your opponents' card draw.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Breena, the Demagogue
Breena, the Demagogue distributes +1/+1 counters to your creatures whenever an opponent draws, which turns Dusk Legion Duelist into a passive draw engine that scales with how spell-heavy your opponents are.
Rocco, Street Chef
Rocco, Street Chef puts a +1/+1 counter on a creature each time anyone casts a spell, so Dusk Legion Duelist triggers on every spell at the table — not just yours.
Felothar, Dawn of the Abzan
Felothar, Dawn of the Abzan builds around accumulating counters across multiple creatures, and Dusk Legion Duelist converts that counter density directly into card advantage.
Lae'zel, Vlaakith's Champion // Master Chef
Lae'zel, Vlaakith's Champion // Master Chef doubles the counters landing on your permanents, so Dusk Legion Duelist draws a card off triggers that were already going to fire.
Felisa, Fang of Silverquill
Felisa, Fang of Silverquill cares about creatures dying with counters on them, and Dusk Legion Duelist accumulates those counters quickly enough to feed that payoff while drawing cards along the way.
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 | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Commander is where Dusk Legion Duelist actually lives — the format's longer games give it time to trigger repeatedly, and the prevalence of +1/+1 counter synergies in white and black make it easy to slot. In competitive Constructed formats like Modern and Pioneer it's legal but essentially invisible: a 2/2 for two mana that requires infrastructure to draw cards doesn't compete with the raw efficiency those formats demand. Legacy and Vintage are the same story — legal on paper, irrelevant in practice. Dusk Legion Duelist is a multiplayer card through and through, and it should be evaluated entirely on whether your Commander shell puts counters on it consistently.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$1.95 cheap tier
At $1.95, Dusk Legion Duelist sits in the budget-staple tier — cheap enough to include on spec, expensive enough that it has clearly found its audience. The price reflects real demand from counter-synergy Commander builds, and it's unlikely to crater as long as Breena, the Demagogue and similar commanders stay popular.
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Sources
Mentioned
- Breena, the Demagogue
- Rocco, Street Chef
- Felothar, Dawn of the Abzan
- Lae'zel, Vlaakith's Champion // Master Chef
- Felisa, Fang of Silverquill
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.