Vanguard Suppressor

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Vanguard Suppressor: Creature - Astartes Warrior, Warhammer 40,000 Commander. MTG card printings, market prices, rulings, and format legality on Mana Grove.

Mana cost
{3}{U}
Mana value
4
Type
Creature - Astartes Warrior
Colour identity
Blue (U)
Power / toughness
3/2
Rarity
Rare
Set
Warhammer 40,000 Commander (40K)
Released
2022-10-07
Collector number
27
Artist
Fajareka Setiawan
Commander rank
9,415 (by how often it appears in Commander decks)
Keywords
Flying, Squad, Suppressing Fire

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About Vanguard Suppressor

Vanguard Suppressor is a Magic: The Gathering card, a rare blue creature from Warhammer 40,000 Commander (40K), a Commander product released in October 2022. It is collector number 27 in that set, with art by Fajareka Setiawan. It costs {3}{U} (three generic and one blue mana) to cast, for a mana value of 4. It is a 3/2 creature. Its colour identity is blue. It is legal in Legacy, Vintage, Commander, Duel Commander and Oathbreaker. Warhammer 40,000 Commander is its only printing so far. The latest aggregated market price for this printing is $0.56 (normal finish, as of 2026-11-12).

Card text

Squad {2} (As an additional cost to cast this spell, you may pay {2} any number of times. When this creature enters, create that many tokens that are copies of it.)

Flying

Suppressing Fire - Whenever this creature deals combat damage to a player, draw a card.

Market price

Latest aggregated market price for the normal finish of this printing: $0.56 (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 Vanguard Suppressor by format. Formats in which it is not legal are not listed.

LegacyLegal
VintageLegal
CommanderLegal
Duel CommanderLegal
OathbreakerLegal

Other printings of Vanguard Suppressor

The other printings are listed newest first, with the rarity and release year of each.

PrintingRarityYear
Warhammer 40,000 Commander (40K) #27★Rare2022

Official rulings

Four official rulings apply to Vanguard Suppressor, newest first.

  • If the spell is countered, the squad ability will not trigger, and no tokens will be created.
  • If, for some reason, the creature doesn't have the squad ability when it's on the battlefield, the ability won't trigger, even if you've paid the squad cost one or more times.
  • The tokens created by the squad ability aren't "cast," so any abilities that trigger when a spell is cast won't trigger for the copies.
  • You may pay the squad cost any number of times. You will get a token that is a copy of that permanent for each time you paid the squad cost.

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