Valeron Outlander
Creature — Human Scout
Protection from black
- CMC
- 2
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- GW
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Conflux
- Price
- $0.05
- EDHREC rank
- #30122
Valeron Outlander is a 2/2 protection-from-black creature for two mana — it blocks well in specific matchups but does nothing proactive on its own. Narrow protection abilities don't scale in Commander, and a vanilla-sized body for two mana is a floor, not a feature.
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 | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Valeron Outlander is legal in Commander, Legacy, Modern, Vintage, Pauper, and Oathbreaker, but legality and playability are different things. In Commander, protection from black occasionally dodges a removal spell but contributes nothing to a board state against three opponents running any other color. In Pauper it's the most plausible home — aggressive white-green lists sometimes want cheap bodies — but even there, better two-drops exist. Legacy, Modern, and Vintage have long since left a 2/2 for two with a conditional protection clause in the bulk bin.
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Price Context
Current price
$0.05 bulk tier
At $0.05, Valeron Outlander is deep bulk — the kind of card that costs more to ship than to buy. That price reflects the card's actual power level, and there's no realistic demand driver that changes it.
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Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.