Paragon of New Dawns
Creature — Human Soldier
Other white creatures you control get +1/+1.
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: Another target white creature you control gains vigilance until end of turn. (Attacking doesn't cause it to tap.)
- CMC
- 4
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- W
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Magic 2015
- Price
- $0.22
- EDHREC rank
- #19791
Paragon of New Dawns gives every white creature you control +1/+1 while it's on the battlefield — a permanent, stackable anthem that requires zero setup beyond playing it. Four mana is fair for the effect, but it competes in a crowded slot, so run it in decks that can flood the board with white creatures to justify the body.
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 |
Paragon of New Dawns sees almost no play in competitive formats — Legacy, Modern, Vintage, and Pioneer all have faster, more efficient anthem effects that don't ask you to spend four mana on a 2/2. Commander is its real home, specifically in go-wide white creature decks where the redundancy of multiple static anthems compounds quickly. In Oathbreaker, the same logic applies at a smaller scale, though the format's faster pace makes the four-mana investment harder to justify unless your gameplan is explicitly creature-flood. Treat it as a budget filler in Commander and nothing more elsewhere.
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Price Context
Current price
$0.22 bulk tier
At $0.22, Paragon of New Dawns is deep bulk — you're not buying it for financial upside. It's a cheap slot-filler for budget white weenie Commander builds, but don't expect the price to move; better anthems exist at the same cost tier, which keeps demand flat.
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.