Redtooth Vanguard
Creature — Elf Warrior
Trample
Whenever an enchantment you control enters, you may pay 
. If you do, return this card from your graveyard to your hand.
- CMC
- 2
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- G
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Wilds of Eldraine
- Price
- $0.12
- EDHREC rank
- #23400
Redtooth Vanguard is a payoff for going wide with Warriors — it enters with a +1/+1 counter for each other Warrior you control and distributes counters to your board when it attacks. The cost of building around it is real: you need density in a creature type that lacks the tribal infrastructure of Elves or Goblins.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | legal |
| standard | legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
In Commander, Redtooth Vanguard belongs in a dedicated Warrior tribal list where it can enter as a sizeable threat and snowball combat steps — it's underwhelming as a one-of in a generic go-wide deck without the creature type backing it. Competitive non-rotating formats largely ignore it; Modern and Legacy have no Warrior synergy payoffs worth building around, and individually Redtooth Vanguard doesn't clear the power bar for those environments. Standard and Pioneer are its most plausible non-Commander homes if a Warrior package assembles enough critical mass, but that remains a fringe archetype. Oathbreaker mirrors the Commander read — tribal density is the prerequisite.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.12 bulk tier
At $0.12, Redtooth Vanguard is deep bulk — you can acquire copies without a second thought. Bulk tribal commons and uncommons rarely appreciate unless a new commander or set pushes the creature type into the spotlight, so treat it as a cheap pickup for the deck that wants it, not a spec.
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.