Seifer Almasy
Legendary Creature — Human Knight
Whenever a creature you control attacks alone, it gains double strike until end of turn.
Fire Cross — Whenever Seifer Almasy deals combat damage to a player, you may cast target instant or sorcery card with mana value 3 or less from your graveyard without paying its mana cost. If that spell would be put into your graveyard, exile it instead.
- CMC
- 4
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- R
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- Final Fantasy
- Price
- $1.01
- EDHREC rank
- #11035
Seifer Almasy hits the board as a 3/3 first strike for three mana and immediately starts threatening combat-damage triggers the turn he arrives — that rate is real. The catch is his text is built around Lightning, Army of One as a commander, so outside that shell he's a vanilla-ish beater with narrow upside.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Lightning, Army of One
Lightning, Army of One is the only commander that unlocks Seifer Almasy's full text — the two are mechanically linked, so Seifer functions as a role-player in that deck specifically, contributing first strike and whatever additional synergy the Limit Break engine rewards.
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 |
Seifer Almasy is legal across every major Constructed format but won't see play outside Commander — a three-mana 3/3 first striker with conditional upside doesn't compete in Modern or Legacy. In Standard and Pioneer he's outclassed by creatures that don't require a specific partner to function. Commander is the only home that makes sense, and even there he's a 99-card inclusion rather than a commander himself, fitting tightly into Lightning, Army of One builds where his synergies actually fire.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$1.01 cheap tier
At $1.01, Seifer Almasy sits in cheap territory — appropriate for a card with a narrow, single-commander use case. Don't expect significant movement; niche Commander role-players at this price tend to stay flat unless the archetype breaks into mainstream popularity.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.