Legion Lieutenant
Creature — Vampire Knight
Other Vampires you control get +1/+1.
- CMC
- 2
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- BW
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Rivals of Ixalan
- Price
- $0.51
- EDHREC rank
- #2908
Legion Lieutenant turns every Vampire you control into a meaningful threat for just two mana — the +1/+1 anthem applies immediately and stacks with every other lord in the 99. It's an auto-include alongside Clavileño, First of the Blessed and Elenda, the Dusk Rose; any Vampire tribal deck without it is leaving damage on the table.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Clavileño, First of the Blessed
Clavileño, First of the Blessed is the highest-synergy home for Legion Lieutenant because the deck floods the board with Vampires and then turns them sideways — every point of power Clavileño's tokens and reanimated creatures gain from Legion Lieutenant translates directly into more card draw triggers off deathtouch combat.
Edgar Markov
Edgar Markov builds a wide Vampire board from the command zone itself, so Legion Lieutenant's anthem lands on a table full of tokens and lords on the same turn it enters — the combination of eminence triggers and a standing +1/+1 bonus makes early aggression snowball faster than opponents can answer.
Elenda, the Dusk Rose
Elenda, the Dusk Rose wants her Vampires to survive long enough to die meaningfully, and Legion Lieutenant keeps them out of range of pings and small blockers while Elenda grows in the background from each subsequent death.
Elenda and Azor
Elenda and Azor run enough Vampires to make Legion Lieutenant's anthem relevant while also leaning on life-gain payoffs — keeping the tribe sturdy prolongs the combat steps that trigger both halves of the commander.
Astarion, the Decadent
Astarion, the Decadent rewards building wide with Vampires, and Legion Lieutenant ensures those Vampires hit hard enough to fuel the blood-drain triggers that Astarion scales off of.
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 | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Legion Lieutenant is a Commander card first and foremost — Vampire tribal has never had a competitive foothold in formats like Modern or Pioneer, so the two-mana lord sits in bulk bins rather than sideboards in those formats. In Legacy and Vintage the creature is technically legal but irrelevant; neither format has a Vampire aggro shell that wants a two-drop anthem over faster disruption. Commander is where Legion Lieutenant actually does its job: Vampire is one of the most-built tribes on EDHREC, and a stackable anthem at two mana is exactly the kind of redundancy tribal lists need to close games before opponents stabilize.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Elenda, the Dusk RoseAntler SkulkinAshnod's AltarLegion Lieutenant
Infinite +1/+1 counters on a creature; Infinite colorless mana; Infinite creature tokens; Infinite death triggers; Infinite ETB; Infinite LTB; Infinite sacrifice triggers
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Current price
$0.51 bulk tier
At $0.51, Legion Lieutenant is firmly bulk — high print volume has kept it accessible regardless of tribal demand. The price is unlikely to climb given repeated reprinting, which makes it an easy pickup for any Vampire build without format risk.
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Sources
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.