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Gerrard, Weatherlight Hero

Legendary Creature — Human Soldier

First strike
When Gerrard dies, exile it and return to the battlefield all artifact and creature cards in your graveyard that were put there from the battlefield this turn.

CMC
4
Mana cost
{2}{R}{W}
Color identity
RW
Rarity
rare
Set
Commander 2019
Price
$0.44
EDHREC rank
#10710
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Gerrard, Weatherlight Hero card art
Gerrard, Weatherlight Hero turns dying into a board reload — when he hits the graveyard, you exile him to return all your other permanents that died this turn to the battlefield, which means a wrath becomes a one-sided reset rather than a setback. The cost is real: he only triggers from the graveyard, so he needs a sacrifice outlet or a board wipe to fire, and he's a worse topdeck than Loyal Retainers in any spot where you just need to recur a single threat.

Format Analysis

Where it lives, where it can’t

FormatVerdict
commander legal
legacy legal
modern not legal
pioneer not legal
standard not legal
vintage legal
pauper not legal
oathbreaker legal

Gerrard, Weatherlight Hero is a Commander card — full stop. His power is built around multiplayer board states where wraths are common, creature counts are high, and a single trigger can recover ten permanents at once. In Legacy and Vintage, where he's technically legal, the game is too fast and the board states too sparse for a five-mana legendary with a conditional graveyard trigger to matter. Commander is the only format where the math works in his favor: the more permanents your opponents force you to lose, the more Gerrard gets back.

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Price Context

Current price

$0.44 bulk tier

At $0.44, Gerrard, Weatherlight Hero is deep bulk — you're paying almost nothing for a card with a genuinely powerful and unique effect. That price reflects narrow demand rather than narrow power, so it's a safe pickup that won't spike unless a combo breaks him wide open.

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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.