Loyal Retainers

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Loyal Retainers: Creature - Human Advisor, Commander Masters. MTG card printings, market prices, rulings, and format legality on Mana Grove.

Mana cost
{2}{W}
Mana value
3
Type
Creature - Human Advisor
Colour identity
White (W)
Power / toughness
1/1
Rarity
Mythic
Set
Commander Masters (CMM)
Released
2023-08-04
Collector number
39
Artist
Kieran Yanner
Commander rank
10,192 (by how often it appears in Commander decks)

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About Loyal Retainers

Loyal Retainers is a Magic: The Gathering card, a mythic rare white creature from Commander Masters (CMM), a Masters set released in August 2023. It is collector number 39 in that set, with art by Kieran Yanner. It costs {2}{W} (two generic and one white mana) to cast, for a mana value of 3. It is a 1/1 creature. Its colour identity is white. It is legal in Legacy, Vintage, Commander, Duel Commander, Oathbreaker and PreDH. It has been printed in 9 sets, from Portal Three Kingdoms (1999) to Marvel Super Heroes Commander (2026). The latest aggregated market price for this printing is $1.45 (normal finish, as of 2026-11-11).

Card text

Sacrifice this creature: Return target legendary creature card from your graveyard to the battlefield. Activate only during your turn, before attackers are declared.

Because sometimes the greatest enemy is paperwork.

Market price

Latest aggregated market price for the normal finish of this printing: $1.45 (as of 2026-11-11).

The figure covers this printing only; other printings carry their own price on their own page.

Format legality

Legality of Loyal Retainers by format. Formats in which it is not legal are not listed.

LegacyLegal
VintageLegal
CommanderLegal
Duel CommanderLegal
OathbreakerLegal
PreDHLegal

Other printings of Loyal Retainers

Loyal Retainers has been printed in 9 sets. The other printings are listed newest first, with the rarity and release year of each.

PrintingRarityYear
Marvel Super Heroes Commander (MSC) #136Mythic2026
Marvel Super Heroes Commander (MSC) #313Mythic2026
Commander Masters (CMM) #465Mythic2023
30th Anniversary Play Promos (P30A) #7Rare2022
Amonkhet Invocations (MP2) #4Special2017
Legendary Cube Prize Pack (PZ1) #8Rare2015
Magic Online Promos (PRM) #47973Uncommon2014
Commander's Arsenal (CM1) #10Uncommon2012
Masters Edition III (ME3) #20Uncommon2009
Portal Three Kingdoms (PTK) #12Uncommon1999

Official rulings

One official ruling applies to Loyal Retainers.

  • If a turn has multiple combat phases, the ability can only be activated before the beginning of the declare attackers step of the first combat phase in that turn.

Similar cards

Other creature cards with a white colour identity, ranked by how often they appear in Commander decks.

In these precons

Loyal Retainers is in the decklist of these preconstructed Commander decks.

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