Salt Road Patrol
Creature — Human Scout
Outlast 
(, 
: Put a +1/+1 counter on this creature. Outlast only as a sorcery.)
- CMC
- 4
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- W
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Khans of Tarkir
- Price
- $0.02
- EDHREC rank
- #28887
Salt Road Patrol is a 3/5 vigilance creature for four mana — a stat block that would be acceptable in Limited and is outclassed in every Constructed context. There are simply better four-drops in every format, and vigilance alone does not justify the slot.
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 | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Salt Road Patrol sees no meaningful play in Commander, where a 3/5 vigilance for four mana competes against creatures that generate value on entry or close games outright. In Pauper it is legal but irrelevant — the format's white aggressive and midrange shells want bodies that do something beyond occupy a board state. Modern and Pioneer have long since left vanilla-adjacent creatures at this cost behind entirely. The only context where Salt Road Patrol was ever a real card is Khans-era Limited, and that format is gone.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.02 bulk tier
At $0.02, Salt Road Patrol sits at the floor of the bulk rare bin — this is a card you find in a common box at a store, not one you seek out. Bulk commons hold this price indefinitely; there is no demand driver that moves it.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.