Hakoda, Selfless Commander
Legendary Creature — Human Warrior Ally
Vigilance
You may look at the top card of your library any time.
You may cast Ally spells from the top of your library.
Sacrifice Hakoda: Creatures you control get +0/+5 and gain indestructible until end of turn.
- CMC
- 4
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- W
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- Avatar: The Last Airbender Promos
- Price
- —
- EDHREC rank
- #5226
Hakoda, Selfless Commander gives your attacking creatures indestructible until end of turn — a combat trick stapled to a body that turns every attack into a protected alpha strike. The cost is real: you're sinking three mana into a 3/3 who does nothing on defense and demands you commit to the red zone to get value. If your deck attacks wide and often, Hakoda, Selfless Commander earns every slot; if it doesn't, Katara, the Fearless is likely the better home for him anyway.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Katara, the Fearless
Katara, the Fearless is an aggressive combat deck that wants to attack every turn, and Hakoda, Selfless Commander turns those attacks into near-invincible board states — your creatures trade up or don't trade at all, protecting the wide board Katara demands.
Avatar Aang
Avatar Aang decks run a mix of creatures across multiple strategies, and Hakoda, Selfless Commander provides the insurance policy that lets you commit fully to combat without fear of a mass removal blowout mid-attack.
Sokka, Tenacious Tactician
Sokka, Tenacious Tactician rewards going wide and hitting hard, and Hakoda, Selfless Commander ensures those creatures survive the combat step that Sokka's pumping effects set up.
Sokka and Suki
Sokka and Suki care about Warriors and combat value, and Hakoda, Selfless Commander keeps the Warrior tribe alive through the blocks and sweepers that would otherwise slow the beatdown plan.
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 |
Hakoda, Selfless Commander is legal everywhere except Pauper, but Commander is unambiguously where he lives — a 3/3 for three that only matters when you're attacking wide is too narrow and too slow for Legacy, Modern, or Pioneer. In Standard and Pioneer he technically slots into aggressive white strategies, but combat tricks on a creature are a liability in those formats where tempo and card efficiency rule. In Commander, the calculus flips: protecting your entire attacking board from a table's worth of blockers and instant-speed removal is genuinely powerful, and the political angle of keeping your creatures alive through a chaotic combat step has real game-ending upside. Oathbreaker is a plausible home if you're building around an aggressive signature spell, but the 60-card formats should pass.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.