Elite Vanguard
Creature — Human Soldier
- CMC
- 1
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- W
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Duel Decks: Elspeth vs. Tezzeret
- Price
- $0.07
- EDHREC rank
- #16872
Elite Vanguard is a 2/1 for one white mana — clean stats, no text, nothing to set up. Outside of dedicated go-wide or vanilla-matters builds headlined by something like Jasmine Boreal of the Seven, it doesn't pull its weight in competitive Commander.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Jasmine Boreal of the Seven
Jasmine Boreal of the Seven buffs creatures with no abilities, which makes Elite Vanguard — a strictly textless 2/1 — a first-pick inclusion that gets bigger just for existing in the right deck.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | not legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Elite Vanguard is a bulk one-drop that sees essentially no competitive play in any format it's legal in. In Legacy and Vintage, one-mana creatures need to do more than attack for two, and Elite Vanguard has no text to justify a slot. Pauper has access to better aggressive white commons, so it rarely shows up there either. Commander is where it occasionally earns a seat, but only in narrow tribal or vanilla-matters builds — 99-card decks can't afford a body that does nothing beyond trade with a 1/1 token.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.07 bulk tier
At $0.07, Elite Vanguard is deep bulk — the kind of card that fills a common box at a nickel apiece. Don't expect that to move in either direction; demand is too narrow and supply too abundant.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.