Vincent, Vengeful Atoner
Legendary Creature — Assassin
Menace
Whenever one or more creatures you control deal combat damage to a player, put a +1/+1 counter on Vincent.
Chaos — Whenever Vincent deals combat damage to an opponent, it deals that much damage to each other opponent if Vincent's power is 7 or greater.
- CMC
- 3
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- R
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- Final Fantasy Commander
- Price
- $2.01
- EDHREC rank
- #4632
Vincent, Vengeful Atoner enters with a 6/6 flying body and immediately upgrades a creature you control into a powerhouse — that on-board presence alone justifies the slot. The cost is a steep five mana in four colors, which means outside of Cloud, Ex-SOLDIER and similarly color-flexible shells, Vincent, Vengeful Atoner sits on the bench.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Cloud, Ex-SOLDIER
Cloud, Ex-SOLDIER appears in over half its decks because Vincent, Vengeful Atoner slots directly into the Final Fantasy creature package, fueling the combat-damage and party-synergy payoffs Cloud rewards. The flying body and buff effect both pull weight in a list that wants to swing wide and tall.
Sephiroth, Fallen Hero
Sephiroth, Fallen Hero prizes powerful individual creatures, and Vincent, Vengeful Atoner delivers a threatening aerial attacker alongside an immediate pump effect that pushes another creature into lethal range. Nearly half of Sephiroth decks run it for exactly that combination of body and upside.
Tifa, Martial Artist
Tifa, Martial Artist wants creatures with real stats to count and swing with, and Vincent, Vengeful Atoner's 6/6 flying frame checks that box while the ETB buff doubles as a combat trick on another attacker. At a 43% inclusion rate it's a core piece, not a fringe include.
Kratos, God of War
Kratos, God of War runs Vincent, Vengeful Atoner as a value creature that pulls double duty — a large threat to sacrifice or recur and an immediate buff to another attacker in the red-white aggressive gameplan. The synergy is lower than the Final Fantasy commanders but still strong enough to appear in nearly a quarter of Kratos lists.
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 | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Commander is where Vincent, Vengeful Atoner lives — the four-color identity is a genuine constraint, but any deck that can meet the pip requirements gets a 6/6 flyer with an ETB that upgrades another creature, which is real card quality at five mana. Outside of Commander, Vincent, Vengeful Atoner is legal in Legacy, Vintage, and Oathbreaker but sees no meaningful play in any of them; the non-rotating formats have cheaper, more consistent threats that don't demand a four-color mana base. Stick to Commander, where the legend type and the power level of the effect both matter.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$2.01 cheap tier
At $2.01, Vincent, Vengeful Atoner is a cheap pickup for any Final Fantasy Commander deck that can support four colors. Demand is propped up by Cloud, Ex-SOLDIER's massive player base, so the floor is unlikely to drop further.
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Sources
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.