Insufferable Balladeer
Creature — Dwarf Bard
Vicious Mockery — When this creature enters, target creature an opponent controls can't block this turn. Goad it. (Until your next turn, that creature attacks each combat if able and attacks a player other than you if able.)
- CMC
- 2
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- R
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Commander Legends: Battle for Baldur's Gate
- Price
- $0.09
- EDHREC rank
- #13224
Insufferable Balladeer enters as a 1/1 that pumps your whole team by +1/+1 for each Goblin or Elf you control — a static anthem stapled to a two-mana body. The cost is real: it's fragile, tribal-dependent, and does nothing outside a dedicated Goblin or Elf shell.
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 |
In Commander, Insufferable Balladeer slots cleanly into Goblin or Elf tribal decks that want redundant anthem effects — the effect stacks with lords like Elvish Archdruid or Goblin King and rewards wide boards. Legacy and Vintage are too fast and too hostile to two-mana creatures that don't immediately change the board state; the Balladeer won't see competitive play there. Pauper is the sleeper case — Elf strategies in that format can go wide quickly enough that a conditional anthem on a common body is at least worth testing.
Key Combos
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Price Context
Current price
$0.09 bulk tier
At $0.09, Insufferable Balladeer is deep bulk — you're paying almost nothing to slot it into a tribal build. Bulk commons rarely appreciate, so treat it as a free inclusion rather than a pickup with any upside.
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.