Tajuru Pathwarden
Creature — Elf Warrior Ally
Vigilance (Attacking doesn't cause this creature to tap.)
Trample (This creature can deal excess combat damage to the player or planeswalker it's attacking.)
- CMC
- 5
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- G
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Foundations
- Price
- $0.11
- EDHREC rank
- #19220
Tajuru Pathwarden enters as a 5/4 with vigilance and trample for six mana — fine stats, no flash, no enters-the-battlefield effect, nothing that justifies the slot. At six mana in Commander you need a threat that wins the board or wins the game, and Tajuru Pathwarden does neither.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | legal |
| standard | legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Tajuru Pathwarden is legal everywhere but sees essentially no competitive play outside of Limited, where a 5/4 vigilance-trample for six is a legitimate top-end common. In Commander, six mana buys you haymakers with immediate board impact — Carnage Tyrant, Ruric Thar, the Unbowed, Elder Gargaroth — and Tajuru Pathwarden competes poorly against that field. Pauper is the one constructed format where its common status matters, but even there six-mana vanilla bodies rarely make the cut in a format defined by efficient two- and three-drops. Across the board, this is a card whose home is the draft table.
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Price Context
Current price
$0.11 bulk tier
At $0.11, Tajuru Pathwarden sits firmly in bulk territory and that price is stable — there is no pressure driving it up. Pick it up freely for a casual pile, but don't expect it to appreciate.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.