The Eternal Wanderer
Legendary Planeswalker
No more than one creature can attack The Eternal Wanderer each combat.
+1: Exile up to one target artifact or creature. Return that card to the battlefield under its owner's control at the beginning of that player's next end step.
0: Create a 2/2 white Samurai creature token with double strike.
−4: For each player, choose a creature that player controls. Each player sacrifices all creatures they control not chosen this way.
- CMC
- 6
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- W
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- The List
- Price
- $0.93
- EDHREC rank
- #1699
The Eternal Wanderer lands on turn five and immediately resets the board — the double-strike emblem threatens to close games, and the minus ability exiles a creature every turn she sticks. Five mana is real, but compared to cheaper planeswalkers like Teferi, Master of Time, what you get is raw board presence rather than card advantage, and unlike Commodore Guff she doesn't need a supporting cast to matter the turn she arrives.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Commodore Guff
Commodore Guff puts a loyalty counter on every other planeswalker you control on each of your turns, which means The Eternal Wanderer ticks up for free and fires her exile minus far more often than the mana investment suggests.
Malik, Grim Manipulator
Malik, Grim Manipulator forces opponents to sacrifice creatures, and The Eternal Wanderer's each-player-sacrifices-to-one static ability creates a permanent pinch that makes Malik's triggers fire every combat while keeping the board narrow enough for Malik to connect.
Elesh Norn, Mother of Machines
Elesh Norn, Mother of Machines doubles every enters-the-battlefield trigger, so The Eternal Wanderer's blink ability — already useful for resetting your own ETB creatures — fires twice, effectively giving you two free ETB triggers each combat step.
Phelia, Exuberant Shepherd
Phelia, Exuberant Shepherd is built around blinking creatures for ETB value, and The Eternal Wanderer's plus-one blink syncs directly with that gameplan, each turn cycling another creature through its enter-the-battlefield effect.
Raiyuu, Storm's Edge
Raiyuu, Storm's Edge rewards attacking with a single Samurai or Warrior by untapping and granting an additional combat, and The Eternal Wanderer's emblem turns those extra combats into double-strike swings that end games in a single turn cycle.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
In Commander, The Eternal Wanderer slots into any white deck that wants a self-protecting planeswalker — the one-of-each-type static keeps token swarms from burying her, and the recurring exile minus answers otherwise-difficult-to-remove threats. In Pioneer and Modern she's a fringe option in planeswalker-heavy control shells, but five mana is a steep ask in sixty-card formats where the competition is tighter and her lack of immediate card advantage hurts. Legacy and Vintage have the same problem at a sharper angle — the formats move too fast for a five-drop that doesn't win on the spot.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Teferi, Master of TimeThe Eternal WandererDeepglow Skate
Infinite turns; Lock
View on Commander Spellbook ↗Price Context
Current price
$0.93 bulk tier
At $0.93, The Eternal Wanderer sits firmly in bulk mythic territory, which makes her an easy inclusion for any white Commander deck that can use her. Bulk mythics at this price tend to stay flat unless a new Commander precon or competitive deck pushes demand, so buy in now if she fits your list rather than waiting for a reprint to drop her further.
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.