Forerunner of the Legion
Creature — Vampire Knight
When this creature enters, you may search your library for a Vampire card, reveal it, then shuffle and put that card on top.
Whenever another Vampire you control enters, target creature gets +1/+1 until end of turn.
- CMC
- 3
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- W
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Rivals of Ixalan
- Price
- $2.10
- EDHREC rank
- #5804
Forerunner of the Legion enters, tutors any Vampire to the top of your library, and then pings every opponent's creature for 1 damage whenever you play another Vampire — that's a tutor and a board-control engine stapled to a three-mana body. In Clavileño, First of the Blessed decks, where tribal density is the whole game, this is an easy inclusion.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Clavileño, First of the Blessed
Clavileño, First of the Blessed wants a specific Vampire on top at the right moment, and Forerunner of the Legion delivers that while also threatening to ping down X/1 blockers that would otherwise gum up the board.
Edgar Markov
Edgar Markov floods the board with tokens, and Forerunner of the Legion turns every subsequent Vampire cast into a Pyrohoof effect — chaining spells in an Edgar storm turn can clear out entire boards of small creatures.
Elenda, the Dusk Rose
Forerunner of the Legion finds Elenda, the Dusk Rose herself if she's been tucked, and the ping trigger chips away at opposing creatures to manufacture the death triggers Elenda needs to grow.
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 Forerunner of the Legion earns its keep — Vampire tribal is a recurring top-10 archetype, and a tutor-plus-pinger on a single card is exactly the kind of two-for-one that tribal decks want at three mana. In Legacy and Vintage, Vampires lack the density and speed to compete with degenerate strategies, so Forerunner of the Legion sits on the shelf. Modern and Pioneer Vampire builds are more aggressive and lean on cheaper threats, making the three-mana slot too expensive for what amounts to incremental value. Stick to Commander.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$2.10 cheap tier
At $2.10, Forerunner of the Legion sits in comfortable budget territory — you're getting a tutor effect and a repeatable ping for the price of a draft uncommon. It shows up in over 46,000 Edgar Markov decks alone, so demand is steady and the price is unlikely to crater.
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Sources
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.