The Wanderer
Legendary Planeswalker
Prevent all noncombat damage that would be dealt to you and other permanents you control.
−2: Exile target creature with power 4 or greater.
- CMC
- 4
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- W
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Commander Masters
- Price
- $0.37
- EDHREC rank
- #4781
The Wanderer hits the table as a repeatable exile effect that protects your board from noncombat damage — and in extra-turns shells like Time Sieve, that passive prevention compounds across every additional turn you take. Commodore Guff decks run it as a free damage shield that lets planeswalkers accumulate loyalty without dying to Boros Charm or similar, and the four-mana cost is low enough that it rarely feels like a slot tax.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Commodore Guff
Commodore Guff builds stack planeswalkers in the same zone The Wanderer protects, so the damage-prevention static turns what would be incidental sweeper blowouts into non-issues while Guff piles loyalty counters onto the whole board.
Pramikon, Sky Rampart
Pramikon, Sky Rampart decks lean on taxing and defensive layers to survive long tables, and The Wanderer's damage prevention shores up the noncombat damage vector that those stax shells otherwise leave wide open.
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 Wanderer earns its slot in planeswalker-centric builds — the damage prevention passive is always live, and the exile ability handles indestructible threats that other removal misses. Pioneer and Modern see it occasionally as a sideboard answer to burn and red-based aggro, though the four-mana investment competes with cheaper options in those formats. Legacy and Vintage are too fast for a four-mana planeswalker with no immediate game-ending impact. Oathbreaker is the sleeper home: The Wanderer as the planeswalker commander turns the damage shield into a persistent axis of the deck rather than incidental upside.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Skirk Fire MarshalThe WandererTainted Strike
Each opponent loses the game
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Skirk Fire MarshalThe WandererTriumph of the Hordes
Each opponent loses the game
View on Commander Spellbook ↗Price Context
Current price
$0.37 bulk tier
At $0.37, The Wanderer is firmly bulk — pick up as many as you need without a second thought. The price reflects modest competitive demand, and nothing about its role suggests a spike coming, so there's no urgency beyond your next purchase.
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Sources
Mentioned
- Time Sieve
- Commodore Guff
- Pramikon, Sky Rampart
- Descent into Avernus
- Skirk Fire Marshal
- Tainted Strike
- Triumph of the Hordes
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.