Wyll, Blade of Frontiers
Legendary Creature — Human Warlock
If you would roll one or more dice, instead roll that many dice plus one and ignore the lowest roll.
Whenever you roll one or more dice, put a +1/+1 counter on Wyll.
Choose a Background (You can have a Background as a second commander.)
- CMC
- 2
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- R
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- Commander Legends: Battle for Baldur's Gate
- Price
- $0.49
- EDHREC rank
- #4047
Wyll, Blade of Frontiers turns every natural 20 on a die roll into a free 1/1 Fighter token, which is a passive engine that costs nothing once he's on board. The two-mana body is the rare kind of redundancy that slots into any dice-rolling shell without asking for anything back — Delina, Wild Mage decks in particular treat him as a mandatory inclusion.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Delina, Wild Mage
Delina, Wild Mage lives on repeated die rolls, and Wyll, Blade of Frontiers converts every natural 20 she generates into an additional body — the two cards form a self-reinforcing loop where more tokens mean more attacks mean more rolls.
Mr. House, President and CEO
Mr. House, President and CEO rewards rolling dice at every turn, and Wyll, Blade of Frontiers adds a parallel payoff layer so that natural 20s generate combat-relevant tokens on top of whatever Mr. House is already doing.
Myra the Magnificent
Myra the Magnificent triggers off dice rolls structurally, and Wyll, Blade of Frontiers fills the same redundant-payoff role he does in every dice shell — a cheap body that converts high rolls into board presence without competing for resources.
Vrondiss, Rage of Ancients
Vrondiss, Rage of Ancients generates its own dice-rolling loops, and Wyll, Blade of Frontiers plugs in as a bonus payoff that rewards the same natural 20s Vrondiss is already incentivizing.
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 |
Wyll, Blade of Frontiers is a Commander card through and through — the dice-rolling synergy ecosystem he plugs into barely exists outside of EDH. He's technically legal in Legacy and Vintage, but no competitive archetype in either format has any use for a two-mana 1/1 whose payoff requires rolling dice. Commander is the only format where the token generation matters, and even there he's a synergy piece rather than a standalone threat — he needs a deck built around natural 20s to pay off.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.49 bulk tier
At $0.49, Wyll, Blade of Frontiers is firmly bulk, which is accurate for a card that's useful in exactly one archetype. The price is stable — demand is real but narrow, and there's no crossover appeal to push it higher.
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Sources
Mentioned
- Delina, Wild Mage
- Mr. House, President and CEO
- Myra the Magnificent
- Vrondiss, Rage of Ancients
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.