Legion Vanguard
Creature — Vampire Soldier
, Sacrifice another creature: This creature explores. (Reveal the top card of your library. Put that card into your hand if it's a land. Otherwise, put a +1/+1 counter on this creature, then put the card back or put it into your graveyard.)
- CMC
- 2
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- B
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Modern Horizons 2
- Price
- $0.14
- EDHREC rank
- #17262
Legion Vanguard trades itself for a Treasure and a Soldier token, meaning a one-mana 1/1 leaves two permanent pieces on the board when it dies. The cost is real — a 1/1 for one does nothing without a sacrifice outlet or a death-trigger engine — but in the right shell, it punches well above a common bulk rare.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | not legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
In Commander, Legion Vanguard belongs in dedicated aristocrats or token-sacrifice builds where the Treasure and Soldier it leaves behind feed an engine — outside those shells it's too low-impact for the 99. In Pauper it's legal but faces stiff competition from more efficient one-drops, and the payoff of a single Treasure rarely justifies the slot in that tempo-sensitive format. Legacy and Vintage have the tools to loop Legion Vanguard repeatedly, but neither format is looking for this effect at this speed when broken alternatives exist. Overall, Commander in a death-trigger shell is its natural home; everywhere else it's a bulk curiosity.
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Price Context
Current price
$0.14 bulk tier
At $0.14, Legion Vanguard is firmly bulk — it costs less than a sleeve and is easy to pick up in any trade binder. That price is stable because demand is narrow and supply is deep; don't expect movement unless a high-profile aristocrats commander pushes the archetype into the spotlight.
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Sources
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.