Somberwald Vigilante
Creature — Human Warrior
Whenever this creature becomes blocked by a creature, this creature deals 1 damage to that creature.
- CMC
- 1
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- R
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Duel Decks: Heroes vs. Monsters
- Price
- $0.03
- EDHREC rank
- #27557
Somberwald Vigilante deals 1 damage to a creature that blocks it — a marginal deterrent that rarely changes combat math at any table. A 1/1 for one red with a negligible on-block trigger is not worth a deck slot.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | not legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Somberwald Vigilante is legal in Commander, Legacy, Modern, Vintage, Pauper, and Oathbreaker, but legal and playable are different things. In Pauper it competes with one-drop red creatures that either hit harder or do something proactive, and a 1/1 that pings a blocker for 1 doesn't clear that bar. In Commander the effect is too small to matter — one damage to one blocker in a multiplayer game accomplishes nothing. Across every format where it's legal, better one-drop red options exist.
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Price Context
Current price
$0.03 bulk tier
At $0.03, Somberwald Vigilante is deep bulk — the kind of card that fills a common box and nothing else. The price reflects the demand accurately and isn't going anywhere.
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.