Thistledown Liege
Creature — Kithkin Knight
Flash
Other white creatures you control get +1/+1.
Other blue creatures you control get +1/+1.
- CMC
- 4
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- UW
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- Shadowmoor
- Price
- $0.89
- EDHREC rank
- #12582
Thistledown Liege puts +1/+1 on every white creature you control and every blue creature you control — and in a deck full of blue-white creatures, that math doubles up fast. Three mana for that kind of board-wide pump is the deal; Errant and Giada decks have known it for a while.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Errant and Giada
Errant and Giada runs heavy on blue-white fliers, so Thistledown Liege hands the entire board +2/+2 — no hoops, just a static anthem that stacks with every other lord in the 99.
Sidar Jabari of Zhalfir
Sidar Jabari of Zhalfir builds around Knights, and Knights lean heavily white and blue, so Thistledown Liege functions as a blanket +2/+2 anthem for most of the team — cheap enough to land early and threatening enough to demand an answer.
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 |
Commander is where Thistledown Liege earns its keep: blue-white creature decks — Angels, Spirits, Faeries, Knights — treat it as a double anthem on a three-drop body, and that's worth a slot. In Legacy and Vintage it's legal but irrelevant; tribal synergy decks at those power levels have faster, more resilient options and won't touch a vanilla 2/2 lord. Modern is the same story — the card isn't banned, but it isn't played. Stick to Commander if you're sleeving this up.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.89 bulk tier
At $0.89, Thistledown Liege is bulk — easy to pick up as a throw-in and unlikely to spike given its narrow tribal home. The price is fair for what it does: if you're in the right deck, you're not overpaying; if you're not, no amount of discount makes it correct.
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Sources
Mentioned
- Errant and Giada
- Sidar Jabari of Zhalfir
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.