Vanguard of the Rose
Creature — Vampire Knight
, Sacrifice another creature or artifact: This creature gains indestructible until end of turn. Tap it.
- CMC
- 2
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- W
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- The Lost Caverns of Ixalan
- Price
- $0.09
- EDHREC rank
- #22183
Vanguard of the Rose puts a lifelink, vigilance body on the board and replaces itself with a card draw trigger on ETB — real value for three mana. It's not a bomb, but it does exactly what a midrange white creature should do without asking anything extra from you.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | legal |
| standard | legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
In Commander, Vanguard of the Rose earns its slot in life-gain and Angel synergy decks where vigilance plus lifelink on a three-drop is a genuine engine piece rather than just filler. Competitive 60-card formats — Modern, Pioneer, Legacy — have no interest in a vanilla-adjacent three-mana 2/2 when the bar for white creatures is Flying, lifelink, and an immediate board impact measured in turns, not value drips. Standard is legal, but Vanguard of the Rose will sit at the bottom of most cubes there; the ETB draw is real, yet the statline doesn't clear the power threshold for constructed rotation formats. Oathbreaker mirrors Commander's logic: slot it where the commander rewards life gain.
Key Combos
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Price Context
Current price
$0.09 bulk tier
At $0.09, Vanguard of the Rose is pure bulk — you pick it up as an afterthought in a collection trade or a cheap singles order. There's no price upside to track here; stock it for play value, not shelf value.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.