Giltspire Avenger
Creature — Human Soldier
Exalted (Whenever a creature you control attacks alone, that creature gets +1/+1 until end of turn.)
: Destroy target creature that dealt damage to you this turn.
- CMC
- 3
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- GUW
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- Conflux
- Price
- $0.79
- EDHREC rank
- #15086
Giltspire Avenger turns every double-strike creature into a one-sided board threat: connect, and you exile whatever blocked or got hit. The cost is three mana for a 3/3 with no immediate impact — but in a Rafiq of the Many deck where double-strike is guaranteed on your best attacker every combat, that exile trigger fires every single turn.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Rafiq of the Many
Rafiq of the Many guarantees double-strike on a single attacker each combat, which means Giltspire Avenger's exile ability isn't a 'maybe' — it's a removal spell stapled to every attack step, making it a near-auto-include in 64% of Rafiq lists.
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 |
Giltspire Avenger is a Commander card through and through — the exile trigger rewards the consistent double-strike enablers that Bant voltron shells provide, and three-mana 3/3s without immediate effect don't cut it in Legacy or Vintage where the bar is much higher. In those formats it's technically legal but irrelevant; the card simply doesn't do enough fast enough to compete. Commander is where the math works: recurring conditional removal on a body that blocks reasonably is worth the slot when your commander already handles the double-strike setup.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.79 bulk tier
At $0.79, Giltspire Avenger sits firmly in bulk territory — cheap to acquire, and the price reflects its narrow application outside of dedicated double-strike shells. It won't spike; the demand ceiling is the Rafiq playerbase.
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.