Quirion Trailblazer
Creature — Elf Scout
When this creature enters, you may search your library for a basic land card, put that card onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle.
- CMC
- 4
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- G
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Invasion
- Price
- $0.21
- EDHREC rank
- #21737
Quirion Trailblazer puts a basic land directly onto the battlefield — any basic, not just a Forest — making it a color-fixing ramp spell at the cost of four mana and a 1/3 body stapled on. That rate is too slow for most competitive tables, but the flexibility on land type earns it a real role in three-plus-color decks that need to fix mana more than they need to go fast.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | not legal |
| pioneer | not legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
In Commander, Quirion Trailblazer competes in a slot full of cheaper options — Cultivate and Kodama's Reach do the same land work at three mana without the body, which is usually the better deal. Where it separates itself is in four- and five-color builds that have already exhausted their premium ramp and need the eighth or ninth piece, or in creature-synergy shells that count bodies. Pauper is the format where Quirion Trailblazer earns the most respect — the common card pool thins out at this effect, and the 1/3 is a genuine threat in that context. Legacy and Vintage are non-starters; no competitive deck there wants a four-mana ramp creature.
Key Combos
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Price Context
Current price
$0.21 bulk tier
At $0.21, Quirion Trailblazer is deep bulk — you're paying for cardboard, not scarcity. There's no financial reason to hesitate on picking up copies, and no realistic path to meaningful appreciation given how many printings exist and how rarely it sees demand outside budget Commander lists.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.