Rally the Ranks
Enchantment
As this enchantment enters, choose a creature type.
Creatures you control of the chosen type get +1/+1.
- CMC
- 2
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- W
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- Kaldheim Promos
- Price
- —
- EDHREC rank
- #4335
Rally the Ranks enters and immediately names a creature type, pumping every matching permanent you control with +1/+1 for two white mana — an anthem that costs nothing ongoing and applies retroactively to every new creature you play. In tribal decks, especially Kudo, King Among Bears where the whole board shares a type, this is a first-cut inclusion, not an afterthought.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Kudo, King Among Bears
Kudo, King Among Bears runs Bear tribal, meaning Rally the Ranks names Bears and every creature on board gets the buff — Kudo's own stats improve, and the anthem stacks with his triggered buffs to make an already-wide board hit significantly harder.
King of the Oathbreakers
King of the Oathbreakers helms a Rogue-tribal shell where evasive creatures going wide is the whole plan; Rally the Ranks gives that board a persistent +1/+1 that turns chip damage into lethal math.
Arahbo, the First Fang
Arahbo, the First Fang leads Cat tribal, and Rally the Ranks naming Cats turns every incremental Cat token or recursive threat into a slightly larger problem — the anthem compounds with Arahbo's own power-scaling abilities.
Commander Mustard
Commander Mustard cares about Soldiers, and Rally the Ranks naming Soldiers layers a static anthem on top of his attack triggers, pushing the whole team past relevant blocking thresholds.
Alela, Artful Provocateur
Alela, Artful Provocateur generates a stream of Faerie tokens, and Rally the Ranks naming Faeries converts that token flood into a genuine board threat without requiring any additional mana investment each turn.
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 |
Rally the Ranks is a Commander card first and foremost — the payoff scales directly with how many creatures share a type, and 100-card singleton tribal decks are where you consistently have eight or more matching creatures in play. In Modern and Pioneer it's legal but rarely played, since two mana for a static anthem without immediate board impact is too slow for formats where games end on turn four. Legacy and Vintage have access to it but have no reason to run it over more powerful tribal payoffs or faster win conditions. Commander is the format where Rally the Ranks earns its slot; outside of that, treat it as a casual card that happens to be legal elsewhere.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
unknown tier
Current pricing data isn't available for Rally the Ranks, so check Scryfall or your preferred retailer for the latest number. It's a low-demand tribal enchantment with no competitive presence outside Commander, which historically keeps cards like this affordable — expect bulk or near-bulk pricing unless a high-profile deck pushes demand.
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Sources
Mentioned
- Kudo, King Among Bears
- King of the Oathbreakers
- Arahbo, the First Fang
- Commander Mustard
- Alela, Artful Provocateur
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.