Heraldic Banner
Artifact
As this artifact enters, choose a color.
Creatures you control of the chosen color get +1/+0.
: Add one mana of the chosen color.
- CMC
- 3
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- C
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Starter Commander Decks
- Price
- $0.34
- EDHREC rank
- #850
Heraldic Banner enters tapped, taps for colored mana, and pumps all creatures of a chosen color — three lines of text for three mana that pull double duty as ramp and anthem. In tribal and token strategies, especially anything helmed by Cynette, Jelly Drover, it replaces itself functionally on the mana side while quietly making every swing hit harder.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Cynette, Jelly Drover
Cynette, Jelly Drover floods the board with Jelly creature tokens, and Heraldic Banner turns that mass into a real damage threat while also fixing the colored mana a three-color deck constantly needs.
Ovika, Enigma Goliath
Ovika, Enigma Goliath converts noncreature spells into Goblin tokens, so Heraldic Banner's anthem immediately applies to a board that snowballs with every spell cast — and the mana rock half helps cast those spells faster.
Ruxa, Patient Professor
Ruxa, Patient Professor cares about creatures with no abilities, and Heraldic Banner is one of the cleanest ways to give that otherwise unadorned army a blanket power boost without printing abilities onto the creatures themselves.
Minn, Wily Illusionist
Minn, Wily Illusionist generates Illusion tokens from drawing cards, giving Heraldic Banner a constantly replenishing army to buff; the mana rock side also helps Minn chain draw spells into more tokens faster.
Arahbo, the First Fang
Arahbo, the First Fang leads a Cat tribal shell that wants every point of power it can stack, and Heraldic Banner's anthem stacks cleanly on top of Arahbo's own pump effects to push Cats past blocking range.
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 |
Heraldic Banner is legal across every major constructed format but sees virtually no play outside Commander — three mana for a slow anthem and conditional mana rock is nowhere near rate in Legacy, Modern, or Pioneer, where dedicated ramp and lord effects are either cheaper or more impactful. In Commander it occupies a real niche: tribal and token decks that want a mana rock and a power boost on the same card, and can afford an enters-tapped drawback at a table where the game goes long. Oathbreaker is the one other format where it occasionally shows up for the same reasons — token strategies at lower starting life totals still appreciate the anthem.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.34 bulk tier
At $0.34, Heraldic Banner is bulk — you can pick up copies essentially anywhere without budgeting for it. It holds that floor steadily because demand is broad but shallow; it sees enough tribal Commander play to stay in print and in binders, but never enough to spike.
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Sources
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.