Foundry Champion
Creature — Elemental Soldier
When this creature enters, it deals damage to any target equal to the number of creatures you control.
: This creature gets +1/+0 until end of turn.
: This creature gets +0/+1 until end of turn.
- CMC
- 6
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- RW
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- Gatecrash
- Price
- $0.15
- EDHREC rank
- #21331
Foundry Champion enters and immediately deals damage to any target — creature, planeswalker, or player — while also pumping every creature you control, all stapled onto a 4/4 body. Six mana for that package is honest value, but it competes in a slot where Boros and creature-heavy Commander decks have better options.
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 |
Foundry Champion is a Commander card through and through — the format's slower pace and multiplayer life totals give a six-mana ETB creature room to exist. In Modern and Legacy, six mana is a game-ending investment, and a 4/4 that pings and pumps doesn't come close to clearing that bar. Pioneer has the same problem: the format's efficient threat density means Foundry Champion shows up too late to matter. In Commander, it earns a slot specifically in Boros or Naya token and creature-aggro builds where the global pump has real reach, though it remains a fringe pick even there.
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Price Context
Current price
$0.15 bulk tier
At $0.15, Foundry Champion is deep bulk — buy it on a whim or pick it out of a dollar box without a second thought. Bulk rares at this price point rarely recover unless a new commander prints and drives sudden demand, so there's no financial angle here, just a cheap role-player for the right shell.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.