Trueheart Duelist
Creature — Human Warrior
This creature can block an additional creature each combat.
Embalm (
, Exile this card from your graveyard: Create a token that's a copy of it, except it's a white Zombie Human Warrior with no mana cost. Embalm only as a sorcery.)
- CMC
- 2
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- W
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Amonkhet
- Price
- $0.08
- EDHREC rank
- #24596
Trueheart Duelist gives a creature double block for two mana, which is a narrow combat trick that rarely swings a game. It sees essentially no competitive play because blocking twice on one creature is far too situational to justify a card slot.
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 |
Trueheart Duelist is legal in Commander, Legacy, Modern, Pioneer, Vintage, and Oathbreaker, but seeing play in none of them. In Commander, a two-mana enchantment that does nothing unless an opponent attacks into your specific creature is too reactive and too small to matter at a 100-card table. Constructed formats have zero interest — combat tricks need to threaten damage or generate card advantage, and Trueheart Duelist does neither.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.08 bulk tier
At $0.08, Trueheart Duelist is deep bulk — the kind of card that ends up in a bulk box, not a deck. There is no meaningful demand driving its price upward, so treat it as a throwaway rather than a pickup.
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.