Bastion of Remembrance
Bastion of Remembrance: Enchantment, Tarkir: Dragonstorm Commander. MTG card printings, market prices, rulings, and format legality on Mana Grove.
- Mana cost
- {2}{B}
- Mana value
- 3
- Type
- Enchantment
- Colour identity
- Black (B)
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Set
- Tarkir: Dragonstorm Commander (TDC)
- Released
- 2025-04-11
- Collector number
- 171
- Artist
- Volkan Baǵa
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About Bastion of Remembrance
Bastion of Remembrance is a Magic: The Gathering card, an uncommon black enchantment from Tarkir: Dragonstorm Commander (TDC), a Commander product released in April 2025. It is collector number 171 in that set, with art by Volkan Baǵa. It costs {2}{B} (two generic and one black mana) to cast, for a mana value of 3. Its colour identity is black. It is legal in Pioneer, Modern, Legacy, Vintage, Commander, Duel Commander, Oathbreaker, Brawl, Historic, Timeless and Gladiator. It has been printed in 10 sets, from Ikoria: Lair of Behemoths (2020) to Avatar: The Last Airbender Eternal (2025). The latest aggregated market price for this printing is $0.48 (normal finish, as of 2026-10-23).
Card text
When this enchantment enters, create a 1/1 white Human Soldier creature token.
Whenever a creature you control dies, each opponent loses 1 life and you gain 1 life.
Lives taken are lives not easily forgotten.
Market price
Latest aggregated market price for the normal finish of this printing: $0.48 (as of 2026-10-23).
The figure covers this printing only; other printings carry their own price on their own page.
Format legality
Legality of Bastion of Remembrance by format. Formats in which it is not legal are not listed.
| Pioneer | Legal |
|---|---|
| Modern | Legal |
| Legacy | Legal |
| Vintage | Legal |
| Commander | Legal |
| Duel Commander | Legal |
| Oathbreaker | Legal |
| Brawl | Legal |
| Historic | Legal |
| Timeless | Legal |
| Gladiator | Legal |
Other printings of Bastion of Remembrance
Bastion of Remembrance has been printed in 10 sets. The other printings are listed newest first, with the rarity and release year of each.
| Printing | Rarity | Year |
|---|---|---|
| Avatar: The Last Airbender Eternal (TLE) #160 | Uncommon | 2025 |
| Final Fantasy Commander (FIC) #274 | Uncommon | 2025 |
| Foundations Jumpstart (J25) #403 | Uncommon | 2024 |
| Duskmourn: House of Horror Commander (DSC) #131 | Uncommon | 2024 |
| Bloomburrow Commander (BLC) #179 | Uncommon | 2024 |
| The List (PLST) #IKO-73 | Uncommon | 2024 |
| Fallout (PIP) #182 | Uncommon | 2024 |
| Fallout (PIP) #710 | Uncommon | 2024 |
| Commander Masters (CMM) #138 | Uncommon | 2023 |
| Ikoria: Lair of Behemoths (IKO) #73 | Uncommon | 2020 |
Official rulings
Three official rulings apply to Bastion of Remembrance, newest first.
- If your life total is brought to 0 or less at the same time that creatures you control are dealt lethal damage, you lose the game before the last ability goes on the stack.
- In a Two-Headed Giant game, Bastion of Remembrance's last ability causes the opposing team to lose 2 life and you to gain 1 life.
- If one or more creatures you control die at the same time that Bastion of Remembrance leaves the battlefield, its last ability triggers for each of those creatures.
Similar cards
Other enchantment cards with a black colour identity, ranked by how often they appear in Commander decks.