Grassland Crusader
Creature — Human Cleric Soldier
: Target Elf or Soldier creature gets +2/+2 until end of turn.
- CMC
- 6
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- W
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Onslaught
- Price
- $0.06
- EDHREC rank
- #30727
Grassland Crusader enters as a 3/3 with vigilance and immediately buffs your other Warriors and Soldiers with a static +1/+1, making it a genuine two-for-one in tribal shells. The cost is five mana for a body that does nothing without support and folds to any removal before combat.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | not legal |
| pioneer | not legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Grassland Crusader is a Commander card through and through — the five-mana slot is too slow for Legacy or Vintage, where it sees zero competitive play despite being legal. In Pauper it's at least theoretically eligible, but a five-mana common with no evasion and a conditional anthem won't crack any list there either. Commander is the only format where tribal synergies, slower games, and token-wide boards make its enter-the-battlefield pump meaningful, and even then it competes for slots against cheaper anthems.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.06 bulk tier
At $0.06, Grassland Crusader is deep bulk — the kind of card you pull from a common box without thinking twice. Bulk commons at this price point don't appreciate unless a new tribal commander spikes demand, so don't expect this to move.
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Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.