Leonin Battlemage
Creature — Cat Wizard
: Target creature gets +1/+1 until end of turn.
Whenever you cast a spell, you may untap this creature.
- CMC
- 4
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- W
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Darksteel
- Price
- $0.20
- EDHREC rank
- #25006
Leonin Battlemage lets you pump any target creature's power and toughness by 1/1 until end of turn whenever another creature you control untaps — stack enough untap triggers and that's a meaningful combat buff with no mana required. The cost is a four-mana 2/2 body that does nothing on its own, which makes it entirely dependent on an engine that's already running.
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 | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Leonin Battlemage is strictly a Commander card — the format's slower pace and creature-heavy synergy decks are the only context where a four-mana 2/2 with a conditional triggered ability earns a slot. In Legacy, Modern, and Vintage it is legal but functionally unplayable; the formats are too fast and the effect too marginal to compete. Commander is where the math changes: an untap-centric build can fire this trigger four or more times in a single turn cycle, turning it into repeatable, free power scaling across a wide board.
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Price Context
Current price
$0.20 bulk tier
At $0.20, Leonin Battlemage is deep bulk — the kind of card you pull from a dollar box without a second thought. That price is stable by nature rather than demand; it holds because bulk floor holds, not because the card sees meaningful play.
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.