Fortified Rampart
Creature — Wall
Defender
- CMC
- 2
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- W
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Battle for Zendikar
- Price
- $0.20
- EDHREC rank
- #9330
Fortified Rampart is a 0/6 defender for two mana — and in Arcades, the Strategist decks, that 6 power attacking on turn two is the entire point. Outside that shell, a vanilla wall with no enters-the-battlefield effect and no utility text has no business in your 99.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Arcades, the Strategist
Arcades, the Strategist lets Fortified Rampart swing as a 6-power attacker the turn it lands, and Arcades draws you a card when it enters — one of the highest power-to-mana ratios available in the archetype.
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 | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Fortified Rampart is legal in Commander, Legacy, Modern, Pioneer, Pauper, Vintage, and Oathbreaker, but the only format where it's genuinely good is Commander — specifically Arcades, the Strategist builds. In Pauper it's a common, so it clears the format bar, but a 0/6 with no additional text doesn't solve anything creature-based strategies need solved. Everywhere else, the card is simply outclassed: Modern and Legacy have access to defenders that generate mana, draw cards, or blow up on death, and Fortified Rampart does none of those things.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.20 bulk tier
At $0.20, Fortified Rampart sits firmly in bulk territory — the kind of card you pull from a common box rather than buy. Bulk walls don't hold value and don't appreciate, so there's no reason to think about the price beyond confirming it costs almost nothing to acquire.
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Sources
Mentioned
- Arcades, the Strategist
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.