Leela, Sevateem Warrior
Legendary Creature — Human Warrior
Whenever an opponent draws a card except the first one they draw in each of their draw steps, put a +1/+1 counter on Leela.
Doctor's companion (You can have two commanders if the other is the Doctor.)
- CMC
- 4
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- G
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- Doctor Who
- Price
- $0.18
- EDHREC rank
- #17113
Leela, Sevateem Warrior puts a 4/4 body with first strike on the board for four mana — respectable stats that demand an answer. The real cost is opportunity: four mana in Commander is where games accelerate, and a vanilla-adjacent creature needs to do more than trade with attackers to justify that slot.
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 |
Commander is where Leela, Sevateem Warrior has any realistic home, and even there the bar is high — four-mana creatures compete with Solemn Simulacrum, Combustible Gearhulk, and a hundred other staples that do more than attack well. First strike is genuinely relevant in combat-heavy pods or with pump effects, but Leela needs a dedicated shell (Voltron, Warriors tribal, or a Doctor Who-themed build) to earn her slot. Legacy and Vintage are legal on paper but irrelevant in practice — no competitive deck at those power levels wants a 4/4 first striker with no enters-the-battlefield effect or disruption attached.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.18 bulk tier
At $0.18, Leela, Sevateem Warrior is bulk — the kind of card you pull from a precon and evaluate once before sleeving or shelving. That price is stable by default rather than by demand, so don't expect movement in either direction.
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.