Warrior's Stand
Instant
Cast this spell only during the declare attackers step and only if you've been attacked this step.
Creatures you control get +2/+2 until end of turn.
- CMC
- 2
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- W
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Portal Second Age
- Price
- $0.35
- EDHREC rank
- #29657
Warrior's Stand gives all your creatures +2/+2 until end of turn — a combat trick that can flip a boardwide trade in your favor or blank an alpha strike entirely. The cost is steep at three mana, which pushes it out of most competitive shells, but in white aggro and token decks it earns its slot.
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 |
In Commander, Warrior's Stand is a niche combat trick — it does nothing proactively, which is a real cost in a format where the card advantage gap compounds quickly. It earns consideration in white token or Warrior-tribal decks that attack wide and need a way to punch through a blocker wall or survive a crack-back. Legacy and Vintage are legal but irrelevant; three mana for a non-permanent effect is nowhere near the power threshold those formats demand. Oathbreaker is the same story as Commander — playable in the right aggressive shell, fringe everywhere else.
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Price Context
Current price
$0.35 bulk tier
Warrior's Stand sits at $0.35, firmly bulk territory. At that price there's no barrier to picking one up, but niche demand keeps it from moving — expect it to stay in the bulk bin.
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.