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Vihaan, Goldwaker

Legendary Creature — Dwarf Warlock

Other outlaws you control have vigilance and haste. (Assassins, Mercenaries, Pirates, Rogues, and Warlocks are outlaws.)
At the beginning of combat on your turn, you may have Treasures you control become 3/3 Construct Assassin artifact creatures in addition to their other types until end of turn.

CMC
3
Mana cost
{R}{W}{B}
Color identity
BRW
Rarity
mythic
Set
Outlaws of Thunder Junction Commander
Price
$2.78
EDHREC rank
#5534
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Vihaan, Goldwaker card art
Vihaan, Goldwaker turns every Treasure token into a 3/3 attacking body, which means any deck generating incidental Treasures suddenly threatens to close games in the red zone. The cost — four mana in Mardu for a 3/3 himself — is entirely reasonable, and engines like Pitiless Plunderer or Olivia, Opulent Outlaw can flood the board with animated Treasures by turn five.

Best Commanders

Commanders with the highest synergy

01
Olivia, Opulent Outlaw

Olivia, Opulent Outlaw

88.1% of decks · synergy 0.84

Olivia, Opulent Outlaw creates Treasure tokens on every opposing creature death, so Vihaan, Goldwaker converts that passive accumulation into an ever-growing attack force without spending any additional resources.

02
Malik, Grim Manipulator

Malik, Grim Manipulator

31.0% of decks · synergy 0.27

Malik, Grim Manipulator forces opponents to sacrifice creatures and rewards you with Treasures, giving Vihaan, Goldwaker a steady stream of animated attackers built directly from your opponents' own boards.

04
Jan Jansen, Chaos Crafter

Jan Jansen, Chaos Crafter

16.4% of decks · synergy 0.13

Jan Jansen, Chaos Crafter sacrifices Treasures to create more tokens and artifacts, which pairs cleanly with Vihaan, Goldwaker since the animated Treasures can attack before Jansen cashes them in on your end step.

Format Analysis

Where it lives, where it can’t

FormatVerdict
commander legal
legacy legal
modern not legal
pioneer not legal
standard not legal
vintage legal
pauper not legal
oathbreaker legal

Commander is where Vihaan, Goldwaker belongs — Treasure synergies are dense in the format, and four-mana legends are judged on the engines they enable rather than raw stat efficiency. In Legacy and Vintage, he's technically legal but irrelevant; those formats have no interest in a four-mana do-nothing until combat lord when faster, more broken lines exist. Oathbreaker is a reasonable home if you're pairing him with a Treasure-generating instant or sorcery as your signature spell, though the 20-life clock makes the math tighter.

Key Combos

Combo lines featuring this card

Price Context

Current price

$2.78 cheap tier

At $2.78, Vihaan, Goldwaker sits in the impulse-buy tier — cheap enough to slot into a Treasure deck without a second thought. That price reflects solid casual demand without the spike that comes from competitive play, so it's unlikely to climb unless a new Treasure engine pushes the archetype into higher-power tables.

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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.