Viashino Firstblade
Creature — Lizard Soldier
Haste
When this creature enters, it gets +2/+2 until end of turn.
- CMC
- 3
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- RW
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Dragon's Maze
- Price
- $0.06
- EDHREC rank
- #25513
Viashino Firstblade enters with +2/+2 and haste, swings for 4 the turn it lands, then shrinks back to a 2/2 with no evasion — the whole value proposition is front-loaded. It's a Limited-style body that doesn't survive contact with competitive Commander tables.
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 |
In Commander, Viashino Firstblade is a fringe pick at best — 40-life tables demand sustained pressure or a combo payoff, and a vanilla 2/2 after the attack step provides neither. Pauper is where it comes closest to relevance, since the common card pool is shallow enough that a guaranteed 4-power haste attacker on turn three can race aggro mirrors, though even there faster options exist. In Modern, Pioneer, Legacy, and Vintage, Viashino Firstblade doesn't clear the bar — those formats have access to creatures that threaten more damage with better resilience at the same mana cost.
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Price Context
Current price
$0.06 bulk tier
At $0.06, Viashino Firstblade is deep bulk — you're paying for cardboard, not the effect. The price reflects the demand accurately and is unlikely to move absent an unlikely reprint into a pushed synergy context.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.