Loyal Apprentice
Loyal Apprentice: Creature - Human Artificer, Tarkir: Dragonstorm Commander. MTG card printings, market prices, rulings, and format legality on Mana Grove.
- Mana cost
- {1}{R}
- Mana value
- 2
- Type
- Creature - Human Artificer
- Colour identity
- Red (R)
- Power / toughness
- 2/1
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Set
- Tarkir: Dragonstorm Commander (TDC)
- Released
- 2025-04-11
- Collector number
- 222
- Artist
- Joe Slucher
- Commander rank
- 740 (by how often it appears in Commander decks)
- Keywords
- Haste, Lieutenant
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About Loyal Apprentice
Loyal Apprentice is a Magic: The Gathering card, an uncommon red creature from Tarkir: Dragonstorm Commander (TDC), a Commander product released in April 2025. It is collector number 222 in that set, with art by Joe Slucher. It costs {1}{R} (one generic and one red mana) to cast, for a mana value of 2. It is a 2/1 creature. Its colour identity is red. It is legal in Legacy, Vintage, Commander, Duel Commander and Oathbreaker. It has been printed in 9 sets, from Treasure Chest (2016) to Tarkir: Dragonstorm Commander (2025). The latest aggregated market price for this printing is $0.27 (normal finish, as of 2026-11-02).
Card text
Haste
Lieutenant - At the beginning of combat on your turn, if you control your commander, create a 1/1 colorless Thopter artifact creature token with flying. That token gains haste until end of turn.
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Market price
Latest aggregated market price for the normal finish of this printing: $0.27 (as of 2026-11-02).
The figure covers this printing only; other printings carry their own price on their own page.
Format legality
Legality of Loyal Apprentice by format. Formats in which it is not legal are not listed.
| Legacy | Legal |
|---|---|
| Vintage | Legal |
| Commander | Legal |
| Duel Commander | Legal |
| Oathbreaker | Legal |
Other printings of Loyal Apprentice
Loyal Apprentice has been printed in 9 sets. The other printings are listed newest first, with the rarity and release year of each.
| Printing | Rarity | Year |
|---|---|---|
| The List (PLST) #TDC-222 | Uncommon | 2026 |
| Aetherdrift Commander (DRC) #104 | Uncommon | 2025 |
| Fallout (PIP) #190 | Uncommon | 2024 |
| Fallout (PIP) #718 | Uncommon | 2024 |
| Commander Masters (CMM) #240 | Uncommon | 2023 |
| Phyrexia: All Will Be One Commander (ONC) #102 | Uncommon | 2023 |
| The List (PLST) #C18-23 | Uncommon | 2021 |
| Forgotten Realms Commander (AFC) #132 | Uncommon | 2021 |
| Treasure Chest (PZ2) #70753 | Uncommon | 2018 |
| Commander 2018 (C18) #23 | Uncommon | 2018 |
Official rulings
Three official rulings apply to Loyal Apprentice, newest first.
- The lieutenant effect happens only once each combat, even if you somehow control multiple commanders (perhaps because you have two commanders with a partner ability from the Battlebond™ set).
- If you don't control your commander as the lieutenant ability resolves, you won't get its effect.
- If you have multiple commanders, you need to control only one for the lieutenant effect to happen.
Similar cards
Other creature cards with a red colour identity, ranked by how often they appear in Commander decks.
In these precons
Loyal Apprentice is in the decklist of these preconstructed Commander decks.