Nobilis of War
Creature — Spirit Avatar
Flying
Attacking creatures you control get +2/+0.
- CMC
- 5
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- RW
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- Modern Masters 2015
- Price
- $0.25
- EDHREC rank
- #16292
Nobilis of War lands and every attacking creature you control immediately swings harder — +2/+0 across the board is a meaningful pump at any table, and it comes stapled to a 5/2 flier with exalted. The cost is real: five mana for a body that dies to a stiff breeze, and in Commander removal is everywhere. Run it when your deck attacks wide or multicolored and can't afford to care, not as a standalone threat.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
General Ferrous Rokiric
General Ferrous Rokiric floods the board with multicolored-spell-generated Golems, and Nobilis of War turns that wide token army into a lethal alpha strike — every attacker gets +2/+0, which on five or six tokens is often lethal damage out of nowhere.
Iroas, God of Victory
Iroas, God of Victory already makes your attackers nearly indestructible and unblockable, so Nobilis of War layering +2/+0 on top closes games that Iroas's protection sets up but doesn't finish alone.
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 |
Commander is where Nobilis of War actually sees play — it rewards aggressive go-wide strategies and multicolored builds, and the singleton format means you're never drawing multiples of a card that doesn't stack with itself. In Legacy and Vintage it's legal but irrelevant; a five-mana enchantment creature with no immediate protection has never been a competitive proposition in those formats. Modern is the same story — the rate doesn't justify the slot when similar effects exist cheaper or stapled to more resilient bodies. Nobilis of War is a Commander card through and through, and even there it earns its place only in the right shell.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.25 bulk tier
At $0.25, Nobilis of War is bulk — you're not paying for scarcity, you're paying for cardboard and shipping. That price is stable; it's a niche Commander card with a narrow home, which keeps demand low and supply high enough that it's unlikely to spike absent a reprint-driven spotlight.
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Sources
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.