Keldon Vandals
Creature — Human Rogue
Echo 
(At the beginning of your upkeep, if this came under your control since the beginning of your last upkeep, sacrifice it unless you pay its echo cost.)
When this creature enters, destroy target artifact.
- CMC
- 3
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- R
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Urza's Destiny
- Price
- $0.14
- EDHREC rank
- #28298
Keldon Vandals enters the battlefield and immediately destroys a target artifact with power 3 or greater — unconditional, instant-speed-adjacent, attached to a 3/3 body for three mana. It's a role-player, not a staple, but in red decks that want artifact removal on a creature, it does exactly what it says.
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, Keldon Vandals competes in a crowded slot — red has Reclamation Sage effects, Cindervines, and better bodies that double as threats — but the artifact-destruction trigger on entry gives it real utility in decks that care about creature count or enter-the-battlefield synergies. Pauper is where Keldon Vandals has the most legitimate claim: artifact removal on a sizeable common body is genuinely scarce at that rarity, and aggressive red strategies can use the 3/3 stats after the trigger resolves. Legacy and Vintage both have it legal but will never touch it — the competition is too steep. It's a Pauper card that happens to be legal elsewhere.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.14 bulk tier
At $0.14, Keldon Vandals is deep bulk — buy a playset for under a dollar without thinking twice. Bulk commons rarely move on price unless a format breakout hits, and nothing on the horizon suggests that for this one.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.