Kjeldoran Escort
Creature — Human Soldier
Banding (Any creatures with banding, and up to one without, can attack in a band. Bands are blocked as a group. If any creatures with banding you control are blocking or being blocked by a creature, you divide that creature's combat damage, not its controller, among any of the creatures it's being blocked by or is blocking.)
- CMC
- 4
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- W
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Alliances
- Price
- $0.14
- EDHREC rank
- #24227
Kjeldoran Escort is a 2/2 for three mana that grants banding to a creature it blocks or is blocked with — a mechanic so marginal it barely moves the needle in any format. The cost in deck slots is too high for an effect this narrow.
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 |
Kjeldoran Escort is legal in Commander, Legacy, Vintage, Pauper, and Oathbreaker, but seeing play in essentially none of them. Banding is one of the most complex and least rewarded mechanics in the game — it rarely appears in competitive or even casual lists because the combat manipulation it provides is outclassed by simpler, more reliable effects. In Commander, a 2/2 for three with no ETB, no keyword relevant to go-wide or go-tall strategies, and no synergy with popular tribe or combo shells has no real home. Pauper is the one format where efficient commons matter most, and Kjeldoran Escort still doesn't make the cut there.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.14 bulk tier
At $0.14, Kjeldoran Escort is pure bulk — the price reflects demand, which is effectively zero. Don't expect that to change; banding has never had a competitive moment and has no pending support that would spike interest.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.