Kjeldoran Phalanx
Creature — Human Soldier
First strike; 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
- 6
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- W
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- Ice Age
- Price
- $1.05
- EDHREC rank
- #25662
Kjeldoran Phalanx is a seven-mana 2/6 that gives your entire team +0/+2 and first strike until end of turn — a combat trick stapled to a body that can flip a multi-attacker board state in one activation. The cost is steep in both mana and tempo, which keeps it squarely in slower, creature-heavy Commander shells rather than anything trying to end the game before turn seven.
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 |
Kjeldoran Phalanx is legal in Commander, Legacy, Vintage, and Oathbreaker, but realistically sees play only in Commander. Legacy and Vintage have no interest in a seven-mana creature that does nothing the turn it enters without mana up for the activated ability. In Commander, Kjeldoran Phalanx fits white go-wide strategies that expect to survive long enough to swing with a packed board — the mass first strike is legitimately punishing when you have eight creatures attacking.
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Price Context
Current price
$1.05 cheap tier
At $1.05, Kjeldoran Phalanx sits in the bulk-rare tier where the price reflects its narrow appeal rather than scarcity. It holds that floor without much downward pressure — niche cards in this range tend to stay stable — but don't expect it to climb without a reprint or a sudden Commander spike.
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.