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
- Color identity
- R
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Dragons of Tarkir
- Price
- $0.10
- EDHREC rank
- #28569
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
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
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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Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.