Elite Vanguard
Eternal Masters 8 • common
- Set
- Eternal Masters
- Collector number
- 8
- Rarity
- Common
- Mana cost
- white mana
- Type
- Creature
- Colors
- White
- Artist
- Mark Tedin
- Market price
- $0.18
What it does
The vanguard is skilled at waging war alone. The enemy is often defeated before its reinforcements reach the front.
Where you can play it
- StandardNot legal
- PioneerNot legal
- ModernLegal
- LegacyLegal
- VintageLegal
- CommanderLegal
- PauperLegal
- BrawlNot legal
- HistoricNot legal
- TimelessNot legal
- Penny DreadfulLegal
- OathbreakerLegal
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Where it came from
Elite Vanguard was first introduced in the 2010 Magic: The Gathering set Magic 2010 as a foundational common creature. Its inclusion in the 2016 Eternal Masters set served to provide a functional and efficient aggressive option for the Limited environment of that compilation, which was curated to celebrate the game's long history and high-power gameplay experiences.
The card features artwork by veteran illustrator Mark Tedin, whose work has been a staple of the game since its inception. Tedin aimed to depict the vanguard as a disciplined, armored combatant, emphasizing the stoic and reliable nature of the creature as a baseline for early-game strategies. The design is widely recognized for its simplicity and its role as a benchmark for power-to-cost efficiency in aggressive deck archetypes.
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