Heedless One
Creature — Elf Avatar
Trample
Heedless One's power and toughness are each equal to the number of Elves on the battlefield.
- CMC
- 4
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- G
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Duel Decks Anthology: Elves vs. Goblins
- Price
- $1.26
- EDHREC rank
- #15902
Heedless One is a trampling Elf that scales directly with your Elf count — in a dedicated tribal deck it routinely swings as a 10/10 or larger on turn four. The payoff is real, but it does nothing outside Elf decks and demands critical mass to be worth a slot.
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 | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Commander is the natural home for Heedless One — Elf tribal shells like Lathril, Blade of the Elves and Ezuri, Renegade Leader run enough bodies to make it a consistent threat, and trample turns those inflated stats into actual damage. Legacy is technically legal but Heedless One doesn't compete with what Elf lists are doing there; the card sees zero competitive play in that format. Vintage and Oathbreaker follow the same logic as Legacy — legal on paper, irrelevant in practice. This is a Commander-only card in every meaningful sense.
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Price Context
Current price
$1.26 cheap tier
At $1.26, Heedless One sits comfortably in the budget tier — an easy inclusion that costs less than a pack. Demand is narrow enough that the price is unlikely to spike, so there's no urgency, but there's also no reason to wait if you're building Elves.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.