Xun Yu, Wei Advisor
Legendary Creature — Human Advisor
: Target creature you control gets +2/+0 until end of turn. Activate only during your turn, before attackers are declared.
- CMC
- 3
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- B
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- Treasure Chest
- Price
- —
- EDHREC rank
- #29284
Xun Yu, Wei Advisor hands a commander or creature +2/+0 and first strike until end of turn for just one black mana, making it a reliable combat trick that punches above its mana cost. The catch is the legendary restriction — only legendary permanents can receive the bonus — but in Commander, where your commander is always in play, that restriction rarely matters.
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 |
Commander is where Xun Yu, Wei Advisor earns its slot: your commander is a legendary creature by definition, so the pump condition is trivially satisfied every game. In Legacy and Vintage, where legendary creatures are rare outside of dedicated builds and instant-speed combat tricks compete with a much deeper card pool, Xun Yu is too narrow to see meaningful play. Oathbreaker offers the same guaranteed legendary target as Commander, but the smaller game size and faster pace reduce the number of combat windows where a one-shot pump actually closes a game.
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.