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Legate Lanius, Caesar's Ace

Legendary Creature — Human Soldier

Decimate — When Legate Lanius enters, each opponent sacrifices a tenth of the creatures they control of their choice, rounded up.
Whenever an opponent sacrifices a creature, put a +1/+1 counter on Legate Lanius.

CMC
4
Mana cost
{2}{B}{R}
Color identity
BR
Rarity
uncommon
Set
Fallout
Price
$0.32
EDHREC rank
#10464
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Legate Lanius, Caesar's Ace card art
Legate Lanius, Caesar's Ace hits the board as a massive threat that punishes opponents for keeping creatures alive and rewards you for sacrificing them — all on a body that grows every time a creature dies. The cost is real: five mana is a lot to ask before the engine starts, and without a sacrifice outlet or a loop like Animation Module already in place, Caesar, Legion's Emperor decks are the natural home where the payoff justifies the investment.

Best Commanders

Commanders with the highest synergy

01
Caesar, Legion's Emperor

Caesar, Legion's Emperor

24.2% of decks · synergy 0.22

Caesar, Legion's Emperor and Legate Lanius, Caesar's Ace want the exact same things — creatures dying, tokens entering, and opponents bleeding — so Lanius fits into the Caesar engine as both a threat and a force multiplier rather than a support piece.

02
Malik, Grim Manipulator

Malik, Grim Manipulator

23.4% of decks · synergy 0.21

Malik, Grim Manipulator forces opponents to sacrifice creatures, and Legate Lanius, Caesar's Ace converts every one of those forced sacrifices into a +1/+1 counter and a power threat that the opponent can never safely ignore.

03
Thraximundar

Thraximundar

13.1% of decks · synergy 0.13

Thraximundar already pressures opponents to sacrifice creatures on every attack, and Legate Lanius, Caesar's Ace stacks on top of that pressure — every forced sacrifice makes Lanius bigger while Thraximundar keeps swinging.

Format Analysis

Where it lives, where it can’t

FormatVerdict
commander legal
legacy legal
modern not legal
pioneer not legal
standard not legal
vintage legal
pauper not legal
oathbreaker legal

Commander is where Legate Lanius, Caesar's Ace actually belongs — a multiplayer game where three opponents are constantly losing creatures to combat, removal, and sacrifice effects means Lanius grows fast and hits hard without you doing much extra work. Legacy and Vintage allow it, but a five-mana creature with no immediate enters-the-battlefield effect is not competing in those formats. Oathbreaker is the one other format where the card has a real home, specifically in sacrifice-themed builds where the game is slow enough for it to matter.

Key Combos

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Price Context

Current price

$0.32 bulk tier

At $0.32, Legate Lanius, Caesar's Ace is firmly bulk, and that price makes it an easy include for any Grixis sacrifice or Fallout-themed Commander deck without any budget calculation required. The price reflects limited demand outside its native Commander context, not the card's actual in-game impact — pick it up now if the deck calls for it.

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