Gavony Ironwright
Creature — Human Soldier
Fateful hour — As long as you have 5 or less life, other creatures you control get +1/+4.
- CMC
- 3
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- W
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Dark Ascension
- Price
- $0.10
- EDHREC rank
- #29481
Gavony Ironwright enters with a +1/+1 counter and can gain vigilance and lifelink by tapping — relevant keywords on a two-mana body, but the activation cost means you're choosing between attacking and suiting up. It's a fine role-player in counters synergy decks and nowhere else.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | not legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
In Commander, Gavony Ironwright is a budget roleplayer in +1/+1 counter and lifegain shells — nothing more. It's legal in Legacy, Modern, and Vintage, but sees zero competitive play in any of them; a two-mana 1/2 that taxes itself to gain keywords doesn't clear the bar those formats demand. Commander is the only context where its synergy hooks matter, and even there it's a 99-card filler pick rather than a priority slot.
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Price Context
Current price
$0.10 bulk tier
At $0.10, Gavony Ironwright is bulk — buy it out of a common box without a second thought. Bulk commons in low-demand archetypes don't appreciate, so there's no financial angle here beyond the obvious: it costs almost nothing and performs accordingly.
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.