Fallaji Vanguard
Creature — Human Soldier
First strike
Whenever this creature or another creature you control enters, target creature gets +2/+0 until end of turn.
- CMC
- 4
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- RW
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- The Brothers' War
- Price
- $0.07
- EDHREC rank
- #18873
Fallaji Vanguard gives your attacking creatures +1/+0 and first strike until end of turn whenever you cast an artifact spell — a repeatable, free combat boost that rewards artifact-heavy strategies. The payoff is real if you're casting artifacts on your turn before attacks, but it's a do-nothing card in decks that aren't consistently casting artifacts in the early and mid game.
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 |
Fallaji Vanguard is a Commander card — the format's longer games and artifact-tribal archetypes are exactly where repeat combat triggers on a three-mana creature have enough time to matter. In Modern and Pioneer, three mana for a 2/3 that conditionally pumps attackers is too slow and too fragile against interaction-heavy fields where artifact synergies are either already powered out or irrelevant. Legacy and Vintage have access to enough broken artifact engines that Fallaji Vanguard's incremental bonus is simply outclassed by everything else available. Stick to Commander artifact builds; that's the only context where this card pulls its weight.
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Price Context
Current price
$0.07 bulk tier
At $0.07, Fallaji Vanguard is deep bulk — buy a playset for less than a dollar and never think about the cost again. The price reflects its narrow role, and there's no realistic demand spike on the horizon for a conditional combat trick, so treat it as a free inclusion or a free cut depending on your list.
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.