Vanquisher's Banner
Vanquisher's Banner: Artifact, Foundations Commander. As this artifact enters, choose a creature type. Printings, prices, and format legality on Mana Grove.
- Mana cost
- {5}
- Mana value
- 5
- Type
- Artifact
- Colour identity
- Colourless
- Rarity
- Rare
- Set
- Foundations Commander (FDC)
- Released
- 2026-10-02
- Collector number
- 294
- Artist
- Milivoj Ćeran
- Commander rank
- 379 (by how often it appears in Commander decks)
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About Vanquisher's Banner
Vanquisher's Banner is a Magic: The Gathering card, a rare colourless artifact from Foundations Commander (FDC), released in October 2026. It is collector number 294 in that set, with art by Milivoj Ćeran. It costs {5} (five generic mana) to cast, for a mana value of 5. It has no colour identity. It is legal in Pioneer, Modern, Legacy, Vintage, Commander, Duel Commander, Oathbreaker, Brawl, Historic, Timeless, Gladiator and Penny Dreadful. It has been printed in 9 sets, from Ixalan (2017) to Foundations Commander (2024). The latest aggregated market price for this printing is $4.20 (normal finish, as of 2026-11-03).
Card text
As this artifact enters, choose a creature type.
Creatures you control of the chosen type get +1/+1.
Whenever you cast a creature spell of the chosen type, draw a card.
Market price
Latest aggregated market price for the normal finish of this printing: $4.20 (as of 2026-11-03).
The figure covers this printing only; other printings carry their own price on their own page.
Format legality
Legality of Vanquisher's Banner 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 Vanquisher's Banner
Vanquisher's Banner 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 Lost Caverns of Ixalan Commander (LCC) #316 | Rare | 2023 |
| The List (PLST) #XLN-251 | Rare | 2023 |
| Commander Masters (CMM) #982 | Rare | 2023 |
| Tales of Middle-earth Commander (LTC) #289 | Rare | 2023 |
| March of the Machine Commander (MOC) #388 | Rare | 2023 |
| Time Spiral Remastered (TSR) #402 | Special | 2021 |
| Ixalan Promos (PXLN) #251p | Rare | 2017 |
| Ixalan Promos (PXLN) #251s | Rare | 2017 |
| Ixalan (XLN) #251 | Rare | 2017 |
Official rulings
Six official rulings apply to Vanquisher's Banner, newest first.
- To choose a creature type, you must choose an existing creature type, such as Fungus or Sliver. You can't choose multiple creature types, such as Fungus Sliver. Card types such as artifact can't be chosen, nor can subtypes that aren't creature types, such as Jace, Vehicle, or Treasure.
- The last ability of Vanquisher's Banner resolves before the spell that caused it to trigger. The ability will resolve even if the creature spell is countered.
- Because damage remains marked on a creature until the damage is removed as the turn ends, nonlethal damage dealt to a creature you control of the chosen type may become lethal if Vanquisher's Banner leaves the battlefield during that turn.
- The choice of creature type is made as Vanquisher's Banner enters the battlefield. Players can't respond to this choice. The bonus starts applying immediately.
- The last ability of Vanquisher's Banner resolves before the spell that caused it to trigger. The ability will resolve even if the creature spell is countered.
- The choice of creature type is made as Vanquisher's Banner enters the battlefield. Players can't respond to this choice. The bonus starts applying immediately.
Similar cards
Other artifact cards with no colour identity, ranked by how often they appear in Commander decks.
In these precons
Vanquisher's Banner is in the decklist of these preconstructed Commander decks.
- Calling All Angels (FDC), led by Giada, Font of Hope
- Raining Cats and Dogs (SLD), led by Rin and Seri, Inseparable
- Ahoy Mateys (LCC), led by Admiral Brass, Unsinkable
- Angels: They're Just Like Us but Cooler and with Wings (SLD), led by Gisela, the Broken Blade
- Sliver Swarm (CMM), led by Sliver Gravemother
- Riders of Rohan (LTC), led by Éowyn, Shieldmaiden
In these card lists
These card lists include Vanquisher's Banner.