Legion Warboss
Creature — Goblin Soldier
Mentor (Whenever this creature attacks, put a +1/+1 counter on target attacking creature with lesser power.)
At the beginning of combat on your turn, create a 1/1 red Goblin creature token. That token gains haste until end of turn and attacks this combat if able.
- CMC
- 3
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- R
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- Phyrexia: All Will Be One Commander
- Price
- $0.70
- EDHREC rank
- #1778
Legion Warboss enters the battlefield and immediately starts taxing combat — the Goblin token it produces each attack step generates real pressure before opponents can answer it. The three-mana cost is cheap enough to land early, and in combo shells like Breath of Fury or under Winota, Joiner of Forces, the token engine becomes a kill condition rather than a chip-damage plan.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Winota, Joiner of Forces
Legion Warboss is tailor-made for Winota, Joiner of Forces — the non-Human Goblin token it produces each combat is exactly the trigger Winota needs to start flipping Human payoffs off the top of the library, often chaining into a full board on the same turn.
General Kreat, the Boltbringer
General Kreat, the Boltbringer rewards repeated attacking with direct damage, and Legion Warboss guarantees a fresh attacker every combat to keep that engine firing without spending additional cards.
Neyali, Suns' Vanguard
Neyali, Suns' Vanguard doubles the tokens produced by attacking token-makers and draws cards when those tokens hit, so Legion Warboss effectively becomes two Goblins per combat and a steady draw engine in her deck.
Mishra, Claimed by Gix
Legion Warboss feeds Mishra, Claimed by Gix's life-drain trigger by ensuring at least one additional attacker every turn, making it harder for opponents to simply block away the pressure.
Muxus, Goblin Grandee
In a Muxus, Goblin Grandee deck, Legion Warboss fills the tribal slot as a Goblin that generates additional Goblins, increasing the board presence that Muxus can snowball into on a single activation.
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 |
In Commander, Legion Warboss earns its slot in any red deck that wants incremental token production — it's at its best in Goblin tribal, token doublers, or combo lines using Breath of Fury. Modern and Pioneer have seen Legion Warboss as a sideboard and fringe main-deck option in aggressive red strategies, where the token provides a secondary threat when the Warboss itself gets removed. Legacy's card pool is too powerful for a three-mana 2/2 to dominate, but it remains playable in creature-based red shells. Overall, Commander is the format where Legion Warboss does its most consistent work — the multiplayer environment gives the token time to matter before the game ends.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Breath of FuryLegion Warboss
Infinite combat damage; Infinite combat phases; Infinite death triggers; Infinite ETB; Infinite LTB; Infinite mana creatures you control can produce; Infinite sacrifice triggers; Infinite untap of creatures you control
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Moonlit MeditationTimestream NavigatorLegion Warboss
Infinite turns; Lock
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Esix, Fractal BloomTimestream NavigatorLegion Warboss
Infinite turns; Lock
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Current price
$0.70 bulk tier
At $0.70, Legion Warboss sits firmly in bulk territory, which undersells how much work it does in the right shells. It's an easy pickup — inclusion in multiple popular Commander archetypes gives it steady demand, so that floor is unlikely to erode further.
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Sources
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.