Varchild's Crusader
Creature — Human Knight
: This creature can't be blocked this turn except by Walls. Sacrifice this creature at the beginning of the next end step.
- CMC
- 4
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- R
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Alliances
- Price
- $0.18
- EDHREC rank
- #29799
Varchild's Crusader is a repeatable zero-cost activated ability on a 3/1 body — the kind of engine that Crackdown Construct turns into a lethal pump with a single activation. The cost is real: a 3/1 for three mana is undersized, and the card does nothing without either a synergy payoff or a reason to chain activations.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | not legal |
| pioneer | not legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Varchild's Crusader is bulk in every format where it's legal, which is most of them — Commander, Legacy, Vintage, Pauper, and Oathbreaker. In Commander it finds a narrow home in decks that care about zero-cost activations or repeated looting effects, but it's too slow and fragile to see real competitive play in Legacy or Vintage. Pauper is where it has the most plausible niche, since common-legal repeatable card filtering is scarce, though a 3/1 for three mana is a tough sell even there.
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Price Context
Current price
$0.18 bulk tier
At $0.18, Varchild's Crusader is deep bulk — you're buying it for pennies because almost no one needs it. There's no price pressure pushing it up, and it's unlikely to hold even this floor unless a Commander precon or breakout combo drags it into relevance.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.