Gladiolus Amicitia
Legendary Creature — Human Warrior
When Gladiolus Amicitia enters, search your library for a land card, put it onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle.
Landfall — Whenever a land you control enters, another target creature you control gets +2/+2 and gains trample until end of turn.
- CMC
- 6
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- GR
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Final Fantasy
- Price
- $0.18
- EDHREC rank
- #7533
Gladiolus Amicitia puts a free Friend token into play the moment it enters, then hands you a card on top of that — it's doing two jobs for one slot. The Wandering Minstrel decks want it precisely because both halves feed the engine, and the cost is low enough that cutting it requires a real argument.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
The Wandering Minstrel
The Wandering Minstrel cares about Friends and Foes tokens directly, so Gladiolus Amicitia landing a Friend token on entry is free fuel for whatever the deck is assembling that turn.
Alena, Kessig Trapper // Gilanra, Caller of Wirewood
Alena, Kessig Trapper // Gilanra, Caller of Wirewood generates mana off creatures with power 4 or greater, and Gladiolus Amicitia's token or the card draw it provides helps hit that threshold or find the pieces that do.
Tannuk, Memorial Ensign
Tannuk, Memorial Ensign rewards you for going wide with a variety of creature types and counters, so Gladiolus Amicitia's immediate token and card advantage both serve the board-building plan it wants.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | legal |
| standard | legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Commander is where Gladiolus Amicitia actually sees play — the Friend token and incidental draw fit cleanly into the token and go-wide strategies that populate the format, and it's legal in every 60-card format as well. In competitive 60-card formats like Modern and Pioneer it's too slow and too low-impact to see serious play; those formats don't have patience for a card doing two fair things at four or five mana. Standard is theoretically an option, but the same problem applies — the effect isn't pushed enough to compete at that pace. Commander remains the correct home, specifically in decks that want token count, creature diversity, or incremental card advantage rather than spike efficiency.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.18 bulk tier
At $0.18, Gladiolus Amicitia is deep bulk — you're paying almost nothing for a card that pulls real work in the right shell. Bulk rares that see consistent Commander play tend to stay flat or drift slightly upward, so there's no reason to hesitate on picking up copies.
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Sources
Mentioned
- The Wandering Minstrel
- Alena, Kessig Trapper // Gilanra, Caller of Wirewood
- Tannuk, Memorial Ensign
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.