Dwarven Patrol
Creature — Dwarf
This creature doesn't untap during your untap step.
Whenever you cast a nonred spell, untap this creature.
- CMC
- 3
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- R
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Apocalypse
- Price
- $0.13
- EDHREC rank
- #28710
Dwarven Patrol is a 2/3 for five mana that gains banding as long as you control a Mountain — a restrictive condition attached to a mechanic so outdated it sees essentially zero competitive play. It's bulk filler that offers nothing a modern red creature doesn't do better at half the cost.
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 |
Dwarven Patrol is legal in Commander, Legacy, Vintage, and Oathbreaker, but legality and playability are different things. In Commander, five mana for a vanilla-sized body with conditional banding is not a card anyone is building around — banding itself is a deprecated mechanic with no relevant synergy density in the format. Legacy and Vintage have access to every efficient threat ever printed, so Dwarven Patrol never enters the conversation. It's a historical curiosity, not a card with a current format home.
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Price Context
Current price
$0.13 bulk tier
At $0.13, Dwarven Patrol sits firmly in bulk territory, and that price reflects its demand accurately. Don't expect movement — banding cards have a small collector niche but no gameplay demand driving prices up.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.