Talara's Battalion
Creature — Elf Warrior
Cast this spell only if you've cast another green spell this turn.
Trample
- CMC
- 2
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- G
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- Duels of the Planeswalkers
- Price
- $0.44
- EDHREC rank
- #19985
Talara's Battalion is a 4/3 trampler for two mana — one of the best stats-per-mana ratios in green — as long as you cast another green spell first each turn. In any deck that's already doing that naturally, the condition barely registers.
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, Talara's Battalion slots cleanly into green-heavy creature decks — Elf tribal, stompy, and big-green ramp — where the spell condition is background noise rather than a real constraint. Legacy is where it has seen the most competitive attention, fitting into Elves lists that chain green spells naturally and want a ground pounder that closes fast. Modern green aggro can use it, though the format's removal density means a 4/3 with no protection dies before it swings twice as often as you'd like. Vintage is technically legal but the card has no business there. Oathbreaker mirrors the Commander logic: green-pip-heavy builds meet the condition easily and get a premium rate for it.
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Price Context
Current price
$0.44 bulk tier
At $0.44, Talara's Battalion is bulk, and that price reflects how narrow it is — powerful only in decks that already cast green spells every turn, irrelevant everywhere else. It's stable at this tier; there's no catalyst to push it up unless a new green-spell-matters commander breaks out.
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.