Squad Commander

Squad Commander: Creature - Kor Warrior, Commander Legends: Battle for Baldur's Gate. Printings, market prices, rulings, and format legality on Mana Grove.

Mana cost: {3}{W}
Mana value: 4
Type: Creature - Kor Warrior
Colour identity: White (W)
Power / toughness: 3/3
Rarity: Rare
Set: Commander Legends: Battle for Baldur's Gate (CLB)
Released: 2022-06-10
Collector number: 709
Artist: Ekaterina Burmak
Commander rank: 9,772 (by how often it appears in Commander decks)

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About Squad Commander

Squad Commander is a Magic: The Gathering card, a rare white creature from Commander Legends: Battle for Baldur's Gate (CLB), a draft-focused set released in June 2022. It is collector number 709 in that set, with art by Ekaterina Burmak. It costs {3}{W} (three generic and one white mana) to cast, for a mana value of 4. It is a 3/3 creature. Its colour identity is white. It is legal in Pioneer, Modern, Legacy, Vintage, Commander, Duel Commander, Oathbreaker, Brawl, Historic, Timeless, Gladiator and Penny Dreadful. It has been printed in 4 sets, from Zendikar Rising (2020) to Commander Legends: Battle for Baldur's Gate (2022). The latest aggregated market price for this printing is $0.27 (normal finish, as of 2026-11-11).

Card text

When this creature enters, create a 1/1 white Kor Warrior creature token for each creature in your party. (Your party consists of up to one each of Cleric, Rogue, Warrior, and Wizard.)

At the beginning of combat on your turn, if you have a full party, creatures you control get +1/+0 and gain indestructible until end of turn.

Market price

Latest aggregated market price for the normal finish of this printing: $0.27 (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 Squad Commander 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
Penny Dreadful	Legal

Other printings of Squad Commander

Squad Commander has been printed in 4 sets. The other printings are listed newest first, with the rarity and release year of each.

Printing	Rarity	Year
Magic Online Promos (PRM) #83804	Rare	2020
Zendikar Rising Promos (PZNR) #41p	Rare	2020
Zendikar Rising Promos (PZNR) #41s	Rare	2020
Zendikar Rising (ZNR) #323	Rare	2020
Zendikar Rising (ZNR) #41	Rare	2020

Official rulings

Seven official rulings apply to Squad Commander, newest first.

2020-09-25 Once Squad Commander's last ability has resolved, the affected creatures won't lose +1/+0 or indestructible if you no longer have a full party.
2020-09-25 To determine “the number of creatures in your party,” check whether you control a Cleric, whether you control a Rogue, whether you control a Warrior, and whether you control a Wizard. The number is the total number of those checks to which you answered yes. Each creature you control can be counted for only one of those checks.
2020-09-25 Some cards refer to you having a “full party.” This is true if the number of creatures in your party is four.
2020-09-25 Squad Commander's last ability affects only creatures you control at the time it resolves. Creatures you begin to control later in the turn won't get +1/+0 or gain indestructible.
2020-09-25 If an ability of a creature counts the number of creatures in your party, that number is counted as the ability resolves. If that creature is still on the battlefield when the ability resolves, it'll be counted if appropriate.
2020-09-25 An ability referring to the number of creatures in your party gets a number from zero to four. Such abilities never ask which creatures are in your party, and you never have to designate specific creatures as being in your party. You can't choose to exclude creatures from this count to lower the number.
2020-09-25 If a creature has more than one party creature type, and there are multiple ways to count that creature that could result in a different number of creatures in your party, the highest such number is used. For example, if you control a Cleric and a Cleric Wizard, the number of creatures in your party is two. You can't choose to have it be just one by counting the Cleric Wizard first as a Cleric.

Similar cards

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In these precons

Squad Commander is in the decklist of these preconstructed Commander decks.

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