Paired Tactician
Creature — Human Warrior
Whenever this creature and at least one other Warrior attack, put a +1/+1 counter on this creature.
- CMC
- 3
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- W
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Zendikar Rising
- Price
- $0.05
- EDHREC rank
- #27555
Paired Tactician pumps your whole team whenever two or more Warriors attack together — a repeatable, no-mana anthem that snowballs fast in any Warrior tribal shell. The two-mana body is the cost, and it's worth paying.
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, Paired Tactician is a tribal role-player — it belongs in Warrior-heavy builds and nowhere else, but in those decks it earns its slot as a low-cost, high-repetition anthem. Constructed formats like Modern and Pioneer have access to faster, more consistent Warrior synergies, and Paired Tactician's ceiling doesn't justify the slot in a 60-card environment where tempo is everything. Legacy and Vintage are simply out of reach; the power bar is too high for a 2/2 with a conditional trigger. Oathbreaker mirrors the Commander logic — if your planeswalker is helming a Warrior beatdown plan, it's a fine inclusion, otherwise skip it.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.05 bulk tier
At $0.05, Paired Tactician is pure bulk — grab a copy from any dollar bin without a second thought. Bulk Warriors with narrow tribal applications don't move in price, so don't expect this to change.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.