Keldon Warlord
Creature — Human Barbarian
Keldon Warlord's power and toughness are each equal to the number of non-Wall creatures you control.
- CMC
- 4
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- R
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Intl. Collectors' Edition
- Price
- $5.60
- EDHREC rank
- #23692
Keldon Warlord is a vanilla beater whose power and toughness scale with the number of non-wall creatures you control — in a token-heavy board, that can hit double digits for four mana. The ceiling is real, but it's a do-nothing card without an existing board, which makes it fragile in any deck that isn't already flooding the zone.
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 | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Keldon Warlord sees essentially zero play in Legacy and Vintage despite being legal — the formats are too fast and too removal-dense for a vanilla creature that needs a crowd to threaten anything. Commander is the only realistic home, and even there it's a niche pick: token swarm decks led by commanders like Krenko, Mob Boss or Myrel, Shield of Argive can put a large body on the table cheaply, but the card still competes with token payoffs that actually do something when they enter or attack. It's a curiosity, not a staple.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Budget Alternatives
Cheaper options that do most of the same work
If you want a creature whose size tracks your board count, Retrofitter Foundry and similar token-generating threats do more work with the same resources. Keldon Warlord is already budget-priced, so the real alternative question is whether you want a passive stat-stick or a card that generates value — almost any token payoff in the $1–3 range will outperform it in a functional deck.
Price Context
Current price
$5.60 mid tier
At $5.60, Keldon Warlord sits in the mid tier almost entirely on collector and vintage-card nostalgia rather than competitive demand. It's unlikely to climb — there's no tournament application and no scarcity pressure — so paying above bulk for it is a flavor decision, not a power one.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.