Mardu Strike Leader

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Mardu Strike Leader: Creature - Human Warrior, Commander Legends: Battle for Baldur's Gate. Printings, prices, and format legality on Mana Grove.

Mana cost
{2}{B}
Mana value
3
Type
Creature - Human Warrior
Colour identity
Black (B)
Power / toughness
3/2
Rarity
Rare
Set
Commander Legends: Battle for Baldur's Gate (CLB)
Released
2022-06-10
Collector number
761
Artist
Jason Rainville
Commander rank
12,593 (by how often it appears in Commander decks)
Keywords
Dash

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About Mardu Strike Leader

Mardu Strike Leader is a Magic: The Gathering card, a rare black creature from Commander Legends: Battle for Baldur's Gate (CLB), a draft-focused set released in June 2022. It is collector number 761 in that set, with art by Jason Rainville. It costs {2}{B} (two generic and one black mana) to cast, for a mana value of 3. It is a 3/2 creature. Its colour identity is black. It is legal in Pioneer, Modern, Legacy, Vintage, Commander, Duel Commander, Oathbreaker and Penny Dreadful. It has been printed in 3 sets, from Fate Reforged (2015) to Commander Legends: Battle for Baldur's Gate (2022). The latest aggregated market price for this printing is $0.30 (normal finish, as of 2026-11-12).

Card text

Whenever this creature attacks, create a 2/1 black Warrior creature token.

Dash {3}{B} (You may cast this spell for its dash cost. If you do, it gains haste, and it's returned from the battlefield to its owner's hand at the beginning of the next end step.)

Market price

Latest aggregated market price for the normal finish of this printing: $0.30 (as of 2026-11-12).

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

Format legality

Legality of Mardu Strike Leader by format. Formats in which it is not legal are not listed.

PioneerLegal
ModernLegal
LegacyLegal
VintageLegal
CommanderLegal
Duel CommanderLegal
OathbreakerLegal
Penny DreadfulLegal

Other printings of Mardu Strike Leader

Mardu Strike Leader has been printed in 3 sets. The other printings are listed newest first, with the rarity and release year of each.

PrintingRarityYear
Fate Reforged (FRF) #75Rare2015
Fate Reforged Promos (PFRF) #75sRare2015

Official rulings

Four official rulings apply to Mardu Strike Leader, newest first.

  • You don't have to attack with the creature with dash unless another ability says you do.
  • If you choose to pay the dash cost rather than the mana cost, you're still casting the spell. It goes on the stack and can be responded to and countered. You can cast a creature spell for its dash cost only when you otherwise could cast that creature spell. Most of the time, this means during your main phase when the stack is empty.
  • If a creature enters the battlefield as a copy of or becomes a copy of a creature whose dash cost was paid, the copy won't have haste and won't be returned to its owner's hand.
  • If you pay the dash cost to cast a creature spell, that card will be returned to its owner's hand only if it's still on the battlefield when its triggered ability resolves. If it dies or goes to another zone before then, it will stay where it is.

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