Iroas's Champion
Creature — Human Soldier
Double strike (This creature deals both first-strike and regular combat damage.)
- CMC
- 3
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- RW
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Magic Origins
- Price
- $0.14
- EDHREC rank
- #23305
Iroas's Champion is a two-mana 2/2 with double strike — one of the most efficient stat-lines white-red can offer at that cost. The ceiling is high if you can stack a single pump effect or anthem; the floor is a fine early blocker that trades up.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
In Commander, Iroas's Champion earns its slot in aggressive Boros strategies where double strike multiplies anthem effects, equipment bonuses, and combat tricks — a single Aura or +1/+1 counter turns it into a two-hit clock. In Modern and Pioneer it's outclassed by the format's premier two-drops, but it's not unplayable in dedicated Boros aggro or equipment shells that want redundancy on the double-strike body. Legacy and Vintage are simply too fast for a vanilla-statted creature at this cost. Oathbreaker mirrors the Commander read: if your planeswalker's color identity includes red and white and the game plan is combat, Iroas's Champion is a cheap, reliable threat.
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Price Context
Current price
$0.14 bulk tier
At $0.14, Iroas's Champion is deep bulk — you can pick up a playset for pocket change. That price is stable in the way all low-demand commons and uncommons are stable: no reprint pressure matters, and no spike is coming unless a new shell breaks double strike at two mana.
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.