Stromgald Crusader
Creature — Zombie Knight
Protection from white
: This creature gains flying until end of turn.: This creature gets +1/+0 until end of turn.
- CMC
- 2
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- B
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- The List
- Price
- $0.20
- EDHREC rank
- #24651
Stromgald Crusader is a mono-black evasion threat that can pump itself to close games, but the activation costs stack up fast and demand significant black mana each turn. Solid in dedicated black-heavy builds; a liability anywhere mana is spread thin.
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 | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
In Commander, Stromgald Crusader earns a slot in dedicated mono-black or heavy-black builds where you can reliably activate it multiple times per turn cycle — spreading two to three black mana across activations to push through a flying, pumped threat is genuinely threatening in the late game. In Legacy and Vintage, it's outclassed by the raw efficiency of that format's threats and sees essentially no competitive play. Modern is the same story — three mana for a 1/1 that needs additional investment is far behind the rate of current staples. Stromgald Crusader is a Commander-first card, and even there it belongs only in the right shell.
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Price Context
Current price
$0.20 bulk tier
At $0.20, Stromgald Crusader is deep bulk — zero financial barrier to picking one up for the right deck. It won't appreciate unless a high-profile commander drives sudden demand, so treat it as a pure gameplay inclusion with no price upside to consider.
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Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.