Squall, Gunblade Duelist
Legendary Creature — Human Mercenary
First strike
As Squall enters, choose a number.
Whenever one or more creatures attack one of your opponents, if any of those creatures have power or toughness equal to the chosen number, Squall deals damage equal to its power to defending player.
- CMC
- 3
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- BRW
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- Final Fantasy Commander
- Price
- $3.87
- EDHREC rank
- #17650
Squall, Gunblade Duelist puts a real body on the board that threatens combat math immediately while generating value through its gunblade mechanic every time it connects. The cost is real — it demands attack-step setup — but the payoff is high enough that it earns its slot in any deck built to protect its best creatures.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | not legal |
| pioneer | not legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Commander is where Squall, Gunblade Duelist lives — the 100-card singleton format gives it enough redundancy and support density to consistently do its thing, and multiplayer combat means more opportunities to trigger its ability across a game. Legacy and Vintage are legal but uninterested; those formats move too fast and too efficiently for a creature whose value accrues over several combat steps. Oathbreaker is the sleeper home: lower starting life totals and a more focused gameplan mean Squall's attack-trigger snowballs faster.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$3.87 cheap tier
At $3.87, Squall, Gunblade Duelist sits in the cheap tier — low enough to include speculatively, high enough that you're making a real choice over a free slot. It holds value as long as the Final Fantasy crossover maintains collector interest, but buy it for the gameplay, not the card stock.
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Sources
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.