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Unwavering Initiate

Creature — Human Warrior

Vigilance
Embalm {4}{W} ({4}{W}, 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
3
Mana cost
{2}{W}
Color identity
W
Rarity
common
Set
The List
Price
$0.40
EDHREC rank
#27306
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Unwavering Initiate card art
Unwavering Initiate is a 3/2 with vigilance and embalm — it trades once in combat, then comes back as a 3/2 token that attacks without tapping. The embalm cost is steep enough that you need a deck that cares about tokens, the graveyard, or both to justify it.

Format Analysis

Where it lives, where it can’t

FormatVerdict
commander legal
legacy legal
modern legal
pioneer legal
standard not legal
vintage legal
pauper legal
oathbreaker legal

In Commander, Unwavering Initiate is a role-player in token and embalm-matters shells — it won't win you a game on its own, but it provides two bodies across two zones for three mana total (embalm aside), which is real resource density in go-wide white strategies. Pauper is where Unwavering Initiate actually has a competitive case: vigilance blocks aggressors while still attacking, and the embalm provides grinding inevitability that common-slot creatures rarely offer. In Modern and Pioneer it's outclassed — three mana for a 3/2 with no immediate impact is too slow when every slot has to justify itself against efficient threats. Legacy and Vintage don't care at all. Treat Unwavering Initiate as a Commander and Pauper card; everywhere else it's just a casual inclusion.

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Price Context

Current price

$0.40 bulk tier

At $0.40, Unwavering Initiate is deep bulk — you can pick up a playset for less than two dollars without thinking twice. It's unlikely to appreciate unless a new Commander precon puts embalm back in conversation, so buy it for the gameplay, not the shelf value.

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    Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.