Resolute Survivors
Creature — Human Warrior
You may exert this creature as it attacks. (It won't untap during your next untap step.)
Whenever you exert a creature, this creature deals 1 damage to each opponent and you gain 1 life.
- CMC
- 3
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- RW
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Hour of Devastation
- Price
- $0.05
- EDHREC rank
- #26885
Resolute Survivors turns every point of damage your opponents deal to each other into a resource — it reads your life total and their life totals simultaneously, rewarding you for sitting back while the table fights. Three mana for a 3/3 that generates card advantage and life gain in combat-heavy pods is a strong rate.
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 |
Commander is where Resolute Survivors lives — multiplayer tables mean opponents are dealing damage to each other every turn, and a card that rewards you passively for that is worth far more in a four-player game than a duel. In Legacy, Modern, and Pioneer it's simply outclassed; a 3/3 for three that generates value only when opponents interact with each other is far too slow and conditional against a single opponent racing you. Vintage has better things to do with three mana. Oathbreaker mirrors Commander closely enough that the same logic applies — if your planeswalker strategy wants a passive damage-trigger payoff, Resolute Survivors is a reasonable include there too.
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Price Context
Current price
$0.05 bulk tier
At $0.05, Resolute Survivors is deep bulk — you're picking it out of a common box, not budgeting for it. That price is stable by definition; there's no demand spike coming for a niche Commander role-player at this rarity.
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.