Wilt-Leaf Cavaliers
Creature — Elf Knight
Vigilance
- CMC
- 3
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- GW
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Duel Decks: Knights vs. Dragons
- Price
- $0.23
- EDHREC rank
- #28334
Wilt-Leaf Cavaliers is a 4/4 vigilance creature for three mana — one of the most efficient bodies at that cost in green-white. The problem is that vanilla stats with no enters-the-battlefield effect and no text beyond a keyword don't cut it past Limited.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | not legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
In Commander, Wilt-Leaf Cavaliers is too fair to matter — a 4/4 vigilance for three is respectable on paper but irrelevant at a 100-card singleton table where every slot competes against creatures that draw cards, ramp, or combo. Legacy and Vintage are non-starters; those formats demand interaction or broken effects, and Wilt-Leaf Cavaliers offers neither. Modern has long since passed the point where a vanilla 4/4 earns a slot — creatures need to do something the turn they arrive. Oathbreaker shares Commander's singleton pressure without the same card-count slack, so the same criticism applies.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.23 bulk tier
At $0.23, Wilt-Leaf Cavaliers sits firmly in bulk territory, and there's no pressure driving that price upward. It sees virtually no competitive play in any format, so the bulk floor is likely its permanent home.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.