The Last Ronin
Enchantment — Saga
(As this Saga enters and after your draw step, add a lore counter. Sacrifice after III.)
I — Destroy all creatures.
II — Mill four cards. When you do, return target creature card from your graveyard to your hand.
III — Whenever a creature you control attacks alone this turn, put three +1/+1 counters on it. It gains trample, lifelink, and indestructible until end of turn.
- CMC
- 6
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- BG
- Rarity
- mythic
- Set
- Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
- Price
- $0.88
- EDHREC rank
- #19477
The Last Ronin is a five-mana 4/4 with double strike, menace, haste, and ward 2 — an immediate, evasive clock that demands an answer the turn it lands. The catch is it can only be your commander, which makes it a build-around identity rather than a flex slot.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | legal |
| standard | legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
In Commander, The Last Ronin is a legitimate mono-black Voltron commander — double strike means Shadowspear or Blackblade Reforged close games in two swings, and ward 2 taxes the cheap removal that usually stonewalls these strategies. In Legacy and Vintage it's theoretically legal but competes in a space that has no interest in a five-mana vanilla-adjacent creature, so it won't see play there. Modern and Pioneer are similarly hostile to five-mana creatures without an ETB or a combo attachment. Standard is the one constructed format where The Last Ronin is legal and might occasionally show up as a top-end finisher in a midrange shell, though five mana is a real ask in a format that punishes slow threats.
Key Combos
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Price Context
Current price
$0.88 bulk tier
At $0.88, The Last Ronin is bulk — low enough to pick up without a second thought for any mono-black Commander build. Bulk rares with narrow legendary restrictions tend to stay cheap, so don't expect the price to move unless the card finds a breakout constructed application it currently lacks.
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Sources
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.