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Balmor, Battlemage Captain

Balmor, Battlemage Captain

{U}{R}

Legendary Creature — Bird Wizard

Flying

Whenever you cast an instant or sorcery spell, creatures you control get +1/+0 and gain trample until end of turn.

"Even the most hardened armies are ill-equipped to defend against an onslaught from the sky."

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Flying
Set
The List (PLST #DMU-196)
Rarity
Uncommon
Mana value
2
Released
2026-11-09
Artist
Bram Sels
EDHREC rank
#2,120
Colour identity
{R}{U}
Finishes
Nonfoil
Served from
Local database

Commander bracket

1 +
Fits any bracket
No Game Changer, land denial, extra turns or two-card combos.

Derived from card traits, not a ruling — bracket rules turn on how a deck intends to use a card. Bracket rules

EDHREC

Salt Score 0.25
How much players resent seeing this card. The scale tops out around 3.1.
Can be your commander

Combos

Not part of any combo on Commander Spellbook.

Commander recommendations

Top synergy 50

Played far more in this commander's decks than elsewhere.

  1. Young Pyromancer 65 %+49.9 %
  2. Third Path Iconoclast 58 %+43.2 %
  3. Warlord's Fury 43 %+41.4 %
  4. Murmuring Mystic 48 %+40.9 %
  5. Talrand, Sky Summoner 51 %+37.3 %
  6. Opt 70 %+36.2 %
  7. Expedite 43 %+35.6 %
  8. Stormcatch Mentor 57 %+34.7 %
  9. Electrostatic Infantry 36 %+33.8 %
  10. Haze of Rage 38 %+33.6 %
  11. Sprite Dragon 37 %+33.1 %
  12. Consider 52 %+30.2 %
  13. Enter the Enigma 34 %+27.8 %
  14. Adeliz, the Cinder Wind 29 %+27.3 %
  15. Winged Words 28 %+26.4 %
  16. Monastery Swiftspear 27 %+26.1 %
  17. Goblin Electromancer 53 %+25.8 %
  18. Stormchaser Mage 27 %+25.6 %
  19. Harmonic Prodigy 43 %+25.3 %
  20. Dreadhorde Arcanist 25 %+23.9 %
  21. Fists of Flame 27 %+23.2 %
  22. Abrade 44 %+23.1 %
  23. Preordain 56 %+22.7 %
  24. Thrill of Possibility 35 %+22.3 %
  25. Guttersnipe 46 %+22.0 %
  26. Twinferno 24 %+20.8 %
  27. Saheeli, Sublime Artificer 27 %+20.4 %
  28. Kiln Fiend 21 %+20.2 %
  29. Crackling Cyclops 20 %+19.4 %
  30. Crash Through 23 %+19.2 %
  31. Serum Visions 35 %+19.2 %
  32. Slip Through Space 24 %+19.0 %
  33. Treasure Cruise 32 %+18.5 %
  34. Empty the Warrens 21 %+18.3 %
  35. Renegade Tactics 19 %+17.9 %
  36. Jori En, Ruin Diver 22 %+17.5 %
  37. Dragon Fodder 19 %+17.4 %
  38. Wee Dragonauts 17 %+16.7 %
  39. Izzet Charm 33 %+16.5 %
  40. Bloodwater Entity 17 %+16.1 %
  41. Haughty Djinn 21 %+16.1 %
  42. Goblin Surprise 17 %+16.0 %
  43. Khenra Spellspear 17 %+15.8 %
  44. Expressive Iteration 39 %+15.5 %
  45. Shore Up 22 %+15.4 %
  46. Veyran, Voice of Duality 37 %+15.3 %
  47. Drake Hatcher 16 %+15.1 %
  48. Lightning Bolt 43 %+14.7 %
  49. Battle Hymn 18 %+14.6 %
  50. Frantic Search 56 %+14.6 %

Most included 50

Highest share of decks running them, distinctive or not.

  1. Island 99 %+1.1 %
  2. Mountain 99 %+1.3 %
  3. Command Tower 78 %-8.9 %
  4. Opt 70 %+36.2 %
  5. Arcane Signet 66 %-15.8 %
  6. Young Pyromancer 65 %+49.9 %
  7. Third Path Iconoclast 58 %+43.2 %
  8. Sol Ring 58 %-28.3 %
  9. Stormcatch Mentor 57 %+34.7 %
  10. Sulfur Falls 56 %-10.6 %
  11. Frantic Search 56 %+14.6 %
  12. Preordain 56 %+22.7 %
  13. Brainstorm 54 %+12.6 %
  14. Goblin Electromancer 53 %+25.8 %
  15. Shivan Reef 53 %-7.1 %
  16. Consider 52 %+30.2 %
  17. Storm-Kiln Artist 52 %+12.2 %
  18. Talrand, Sky Summoner 51 %+37.3 %
  19. Ponder 51 %+14.5 %
  20. Murmuring Mystic 48 %+40.9 %
  21. Archmage Emeritus 47 %+12.4 %
  22. Counterspell 47 %-5.0 %
  23. Guttersnipe 46 %+22.0 %
  24. Faithless Looting 45 %+14.3 %
  25. Izzet Signet 45 %-9.5 %
  26. Negate 44 %+12.7 %
  27. Abrade 44 %+23.1 %
  28. Harmonic Prodigy 43 %+25.3 %
  29. Expedite 43 %+35.6 %
  30. Lightning Bolt 43 %+14.7 %
  31. Frostboil Snarl 43 %-1.2 %
  32. Warlord's Fury 43 %+41.4 %
  33. Expressive Iteration 39 %+15.5 %
  34. Temple of Epiphany 39 %+1.1 %
  35. Haze of Rage 38 %+33.6 %
  36. Snap 37 %+13.8 %
  37. Sprite Dragon 37 %+33.1 %
  38. Veyran, Voice of Duality 37 %+15.3 %
  39. Izzet Boilerworks 36 %+1.8 %
  40. Cascade Bluffs 36 %-9.8 %
  41. Electrostatic Infantry 36 %+33.8 %
  42. Talisman of Creativity 35 %-18.3 %
  43. Thrill of Possibility 35 %+22.3 %
  44. Serum Visions 35 %+19.2 %
  45. Enter the Enigma 34 %+27.8 %
  46. Izzet Charm 33 %+16.5 %
  47. Chaos Warp 33 %-7.7 %
  48. Stormcarved Coast 32 %-12.0 %
  49. Treasure Cruise 32 %+18.5 %
  50. Mystic Sanctuary 30 %+3.5 %

Format legality

Standard Legal
Pioneer Legal
Modern Legal
Legacy Legal
Vintage Legal
Pauper Not legal
Commander Legal
Oathbreaker Legal
Duel Commander Legal
Brawl Legal
Standard Brawl Legal
Historic Legal
Timeless Legal
Alchemy Legal
Penny Not legal
Premodern Not legal
PreDH Not legal
Pauper EDH Not legal
Old School Not legal
Future Legal
Gladiator Legal
All printingsScryfall ↗Edhrec ↗

Rulings

  • 2024-11-08

    Balmor's last ability affects only creatures you control at the time it resolves, including Balmor itself. Creatures you begin to control later in the turn or noncreature permanents that become creatures later won't get the bonus.

  • 2024-11-08

    Balmor's last ability resolves before the spell that caused it to trigger. It resolves even if that spell is countered or otherwise leaves the stack without resolving.

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