Helionaut
Creature — Human Soldier
Flying
, 
: Add one mana of any color.
- CMC
- 3
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- W
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Apocalypse
- Price
- $0.11
- EDHREC rank
- #30267
Helionaut lands with flying and a static pump to your other white creatures — relevant board presence for one mana over the base cost. It's a niche synergy piece, not a staple, and earns a slot only in decks that specifically want anthem effects on a body.
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 |
Helionaut is legal in Commander, Legacy, Vintage, Pauper, and Oathbreaker, but only Pauper and Commander are realistic homes. In Pauper, white weenie and skies strategies can use the anthem effect on a flying body, though the competition at that slot is stiff. In Commander, Helionaut fits narrowest in go-wide white token builds that stack multiple anthem effects — the flying matters less when your team is already airborne, but the redundancy adds up. Legacy and Vintage have no interest in it.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.11 bulk tier
At $0.11, Helionaut is deep bulk — you're paying almost nothing for a narrow synergy piece. That price is stable by default; there's no demand pressure to push it anywhere.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.