Kolaghan Aspirant

Creature — Human Warrior

Whenever this creature becomes blocked by a creature, this creature deals 1 damage to that creature.

CMC
2
Mana cost
{1}{R}
Color identity
R
Rarity
common
Set
Dragons of Tarkir
Price
$0.10
EDHREC rank
#28569
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Kolaghan Aspirant card art
Kolaghan Aspirant hits the board as a 2/1 with dash and leaves behind a colorless artifact when it dies or bounces — two bodies for one card is the whole pitch. The cost is that neither piece is especially threatening, so it earns its slot through synergy, not raw power.

Format Analysis

Where it lives, where it can’t

FormatVerdict
commander
legacy
modern
pioneer
standard
vintage
pauper
oathbreaker

In Commander, Kolaghan Aspirant is a niche inclusion — it wants a deck that cares about artifacts entering the battlefield, dash triggers, or sacrifice fodder, and even then it's competing with more impactful two-drops. In Pauper it's legal but too slow and low-impact to crack competitive lists. Modern, Pioneer, Legacy, and Vintage all have enough redundancy and power density that Kolaghan Aspirant doesn't make the cut outside of highly specific brews.

Key Combos

Combo lines featuring this card

Price Context

Current price

$0.10 bulk tier

At $0.10, Kolaghan Aspirant is deep bulk — you're not buying it for financial upside, you're grabbing a copy because the synergy fits your deck and the price is essentially zero. It holds that floor comfortably; there's no reason it moves unless a combo deck discovers it.

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    Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.