Trusty Companion
Creature — Hyena
Vigilance
This creature can't attack alone.
- CMC
- 2
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- W
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Kaladesh
- Price
- $0.04
- EDHREC rank
- #30054
Trusty Companion is a 3/1 vigilance, trample creature for two mana — above-rate stats with two relevant keywords out of the box. It's a fine inclusion in aggressive go-wide or attacking Commander builds, but nowhere near a staple.
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 |
Trusty Companion is a legal option in Commander, Modern, Pioneer, Legacy, Vintage, and Oathbreaker, but it sees virtually no competitive play in any of them. In Commander, a 3/1 dies to any stiff breeze and contributes nothing to the late game where most tables operate. In faster 60-card formats like Modern and Pioneer, two mana for a vanilla-adjacent beater is well below the power threshold — aggressive shells have far better options at this slot. It's technically everywhere; it's meaningfully played nowhere.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.04 bulk tier
At $0.04, Trusty Companion is pure bulk — you're not paying for it so much as finding it in a trade binder. There's no meaningful upside case that moves this off the bulk floor.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.