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Icewind Stalwart

Creature — Tiefling Warrior

Protection Fighting Style — When this creature enters, exile up to one target non-Warrior creature you control, then return it to the battlefield under its owner's control.

CMC
4
Mana cost
{3}{W}
Color identity
W
Rarity
common
Set
Alchemy Horizons: Baldur's Gate
Price
—
EDHREC rank
#11273
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Icewind Stalwart card art
Icewind Stalwart turns every blink into a board-wide tap effect, and Restoration Angel makes that loop trivially repeatable at instant speed. The cost is real — five mana on a 3/3 is slow — but Aang, at the Crossroads builds around exactly this kind of blink payoff, making Icewind Stalwart a staple rather than a pet card in that shell.

Best Commanders

Commanders with the highest synergy

01

Aang, at the Crossroads

37.2% of decks · synergy 0.36

Aang, at the Crossroads blinks permanents as a core mechanic, and Icewind Stalwart converts each of those blinks into a tap-all trigger that locks down blockers or stalls opposing combats — it shows up in over 37% of Aang lists for exactly that reason.

02
Yorion, Sky Nomad

Yorion, Sky Nomad

15.8% of decks · synergy 0.15

Yorion, Sky Nomad's enters-the-battlefield engine naturally blinks multiple permanents at once, and Icewind Stalwart fires for each of those triggers, making a single Yorion activation capable of tapping down an entire board.

03
Preston, the Vanisher

Preston, the Vanisher

13.9% of decks · synergy 0.13

Preston, the Vanisher creates tokens whenever nontoken creatures enter, and Icewind Stalwart benefits from the resulting flicker-adjacent density — each token trigger sets up further blink loops that tap down threats before combat.

Format Analysis

Where it lives, where it can’t

FormatVerdict
commander legal
legacy legal
modern not legal
pioneer not legal
standard not legal
vintage legal
pauper legal
oathbreaker legal

Commander is where Icewind Stalwart does its best work — multiplayer tables give you more targets to tap, and blink commanders like Aang, at the Crossroads or Yorion, Sky Nomad supply the repetition that makes the ability punishing. In Pauper it's legal and worth considering in blink-heavy shells, though the five-mana slot is competitive and the payoff scales worse against a single opponent. Legacy and Vintage allow it, but neither format has any interest in a 3/3 that requires setup to matter.

Key Combos

Combo lines featuring this card

Price Context

Current price

unknown tier

Price data for Icewind Stalwart isn't currently available in our index, so check Scryfall or TCGPlayer for a live number. Given its niche role as a blink payoff rather than a format staple, it's unlikely to carry a significant premium.

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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.