Faithful Pikemaster
Creature — Rhino Monk Soldier
When this creature enters, scry 2. (Look at the top two cards of your library, then put any number of them on the bottom and the rest on top in any order.)
As long as it's your turn, this creature has first strike.
- CMC
- 4
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- W
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Foundations Jumpstart
- Price
- $0.09
- EDHREC rank
- #27144
Faithful Pikemaster gives your entire team first strike and vigilance as long as it's on the board — that's a combat-math rewrite stapled to a three-mana body. The cost is that it does nothing without creatures to buff, and it dies to any incidental removal.
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 | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Faithful Pikemaster is a Commander card through and through — the effect scales with a wide board and a 100-card singleton format gives you plenty of ways to flood the field with creatures. In Pauper it's technically legal but competes in a tight, fast environment where a three-mana do-nothing-alone creature rarely makes the cut. Legacy and Vintage have access to it but would never touch it.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.09 bulk tier
At $0.09, Faithful Pikemaster is deep bulk — you're paying for cardboard, not scarcity. That price is stable because demand is narrow: it's a niche tribal/go-wide piece, not a staple, so don't expect movement in either direction.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.