Valorous Steed
Creature — Unicorn
Vigilance (Attacking doesn't cause this creature to tap.)
When this creature enters, create a 2/2 white Knight creature token with vigilance.
- CMC
- 5
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- W
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- The List
- Price
- $0.11
- EDHREC rank
- #19012
Valorous Steed enters with a 3/3 body and hands a +1/+1 counter and vigilance to another creature you control — real board presence for five mana. It's not flashy, but in decks that want counters or Horse tribal, this pulls double duty without asking for anything extra.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Thurid, Mare of Destiny
Thurid, Mare of Destiny triggers off creatures entering with counters, and Valorous Steed enters while also distributing a counter to a second creature — one cast fuels two separate Thurid triggers.
Emiel the Blessed
Emiel the Blessed bounces and replays creatures for value, and each time Valorous Steed re-enters it hands off a fresh counter and vigilance keyword — an easy repeatable engine in any Emiel list that cares about counters.
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 | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Valorous Steed is legal across Commander, Modern, Pioneer, Legacy, Vintage, Pauper, and Oathbreaker, but it's doing real work in exactly one of those. Commander is its home — singleton format inflates the value of an enters-the-battlefield effect that distributes permanent buffs, and five mana is acceptable when you're playing a 100-card goodstuff pile with a Horse or counters theme. In Pauper it's technically castable but five-mana creatures at common face stiff competition and vigilance doesn't close games there. Everywhere else, it's outclassed by purpose-built threats before you even reach turn five.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.11 bulk tier
At $0.11, Valorous Steed is deep bulk — pick it out of a commons box or grab a playset for under a dollar. Bulk commons rarely move on price unless a format shift or new tribal payoff creates sudden demand, and neither looks imminent here.
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Sources
Mentioned
- Thurid, Mare of Destiny
- Emiel the Blessed
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.