Wu Admiral
Creature — Human Soldier
This creature gets +1/+1 as long as an opponent controls an Island.
- CMC
- 5
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- U
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Portal Three Kingdoms
- Price
- $2.11
- EDHREC rank
- #30290
Wu Admiral is a 2/3 flanker for five mana — playable stats with a keyword that matters in combat, but five mana is a steep ask for a body that doesn't generate card advantage or change the board state when it enters. It sees play almost exclusively in niche historical or tribal contexts, not as a generic slot in competitive 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 |
Wu Admiral is legal in Commander, Legacy, Vintage, and Oathbreaker, but the card's ceiling in any of those formats is low. In Legacy and Vintage, five mana for a 2/3 with flanking doesn't come close to competing with what those formats offer at the same cost. Commander is the only realistic home, and even there Wu Admiral is a fringe inclusion — it shows up in dedicated flanking-tribal or Portal Three Kingdoms flavor builds rather than any optimized shell. Oathbreaker is similarly niche.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$2.11 cheap tier
At $2.11, Wu Admiral sits in cheap territory, and the price is driven almost entirely by Portal Three Kingdoms scarcity rather than competitive demand. It holds that floor as a collectible, but don't expect the gameplay applications to push it higher.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.