Wei Ambush Force
Creature — Human Soldier
Whenever this creature attacks, it gets +2/+0 until end of turn.
- CMC
- 2
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- B
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Portal Three Kingdoms
- Price
- $2.28
- EDHREC rank
- #30393
Wei Ambush Force is a 4/2 flanking creature for five mana with a forced-attack trigger that makes it a minor nuisance but never a threat — the stats and cost are both wrong for what it does. Playable formats have better options at every point on this curve, and there is no shell that specifically wants this effect.
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 |
Wei Ambush Force is legal in Commander, Legacy, Vintage, Pauper, and Oathbreaker, but legal and playable are different things. In Commander, a 4/2 for five with flanking and a conditional tap effect does not move the needle in a 40-life format where board presence scales to the whole table. Legacy and Vintage have no interest in a five-mana vanilla-adjacent creature when those formats reward efficiency above all else. Pauper is the only format where flanking creatures occasionally see niche play, but even there Wei Ambush Force competes poorly against cheaper, more impactful commons.
Key Combos
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Price Context
Current price
$2.28 cheap tier
At $2.28, Wei Ambush Force sits in the cheap tier entirely on collector demand for Portal Three Kingdoms cards rather than competitive merit. The price reflects scarcity of the set, not playability — do not expect it to hold if reprints increase supply.
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.