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Gaius van Baelsar
USD $2.14
USD foil $19.84
EUR €1.29
MTGO 0.17 tix

Gaius van Baelsar

{2}{B}{B}

Legendary Creature — Human Soldier

When Gaius van Baelsar enters, choose one —

• Each player sacrifices a creature token of their choice.

• Each player sacrifices a nontoken creature of their choice.

• Each player sacrifices an enchantment of their choice.

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Set
Final Fantasy (FIN #447)
Rarity
Uncommon
Mana value
4
Released
2025-06-13
Artist
Nino Is
EDHREC rank
#5,897
Colour identity
{B}
Finishes
Nonfoil, Foil
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 0.34
How much players resent seeing this card. The scale tops out around 3.1.
Can be your commander
Removal

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. Zodiark, Umbral God 52 %+44.6 %
  2. Plaguecrafter 63 %+42.6 %
  3. Morbid Opportunist 65 %+40.4 %
  4. Conjurer's Closet 42 %+39.1 %
  5. Accursed Marauder 60 %+38.5 %
  6. Undying Malice 48 %+37.6 %
  7. Reassembling Skeleton 52 %+34.4 %
  8. Mortician Beetle 33 %+32.6 %
  9. Merciless Executioner 40 %+32.0 %
  10. Supernatural Stamina 40 %+31.9 %
  11. Bastion of Remembrance 48 %+30.7 %
  12. Not Dead After All 42 %+30.3 %
  13. Gravelighter 33 %+30.1 %
  14. Syr Konrad, the Grim 50 %+30.0 %
  15. Feign Death 38 %+29.1 %
  16. Nine-Lives Familiar 38 %+29.0 %
  17. Panharmonicon 29 %+27.7 %
  18. Demon's Disciple 35 %+27.4 %
  19. Archfiend of Depravity 33 %+26.2 %
  20. Fleshbag Marauder 42 %+25.2 %
  21. Blood Artist 56 %+24.7 %
  22. Minotaur, Roxxon CEO 25 %+24.7 %
  23. Kingpin, Wilson Fisk 25 %+23.8 %
  24. Undying Evil 27 %+23.8 %
  25. Sheoldred's Edict 38 %+22.4 %
  26. Sephiroth, Fabled SOLDIER 27 %+21.8 %
  27. Blade of Selves 23 %+21.4 %
  28. Solemn Simulacrum 42 %+20.8 %
  29. Zenos yae Galvus 23 %+19.7 %
  30. Read the Bones 35 %+19.6 %
  31. Fumulus, the Infestation 21 %+19.5 %
  32. Deadly Dispute 46 %+18.9 %
  33. Midnight Reaper 27 %+18.6 %
  34. Massacre Wurm 35 %+18.2 %
  35. Charcoal Diamond 40 %+18.0 %
  36. Ogre Slumlord 27 %+17.5 %
  37. Pitiless Plunderer 38 %+17.5 %
  38. The Darkness Crystal 38 %+17.4 %
  39. Fake Your Own Death 25 %+17.3 %
  40. Witch's Cottage 42 %+17.3 %
  41. Meathook Massacre II 23 %+16.9 %
  42. Wayfarer's Bauble 31 %+16.8 %
  43. Zulaport Cutthroat 40 %+16.6 %
  44. Night's Whisper 42 %+16.3 %
  45. Abyssal Gorestalker 17 %+16.2 %
  46. Archfiend of the Dross 17 %+16.2 %
  47. Grave Pact 35 %+16.0 %
  48. Malakir Rebirth 40 %+15.9 %
  49. Malakir Rebirth 40 %+15.9 %
  50. Necrosynthesis 17 %+15.7 %

Most included 50

Highest share of decks running them, distinctive or not.

  1. Swamp 92 %-3.7 %
  2. Sol Ring 75 %-10.4 %
  3. Arcane Signet 73 %+11.5 %
  4. Morbid Opportunist 65 %+40.4 %
  5. Plaguecrafter 63 %+42.6 %
  6. Accursed Marauder 60 %+38.5 %
  7. Blood Artist 56 %+24.7 %
  8. Jet Medallion 54 %-7.9 %
  9. Zodiark, Umbral God 52 %+44.6 %
  10. Reassembling Skeleton 52 %+34.4 %
  11. Cabal Coffers 52 %-2.7 %
  12. Sign in Blood 50 %+15.1 %
  13. Syr Konrad, the Grim 50 %+30.0 %
  14. Bastion of Remembrance 48 %+30.7 %
  15. Undying Malice 48 %+37.6 %
  16. Bojuka Bog 46 %-1.4 %
  17. Deadly Dispute 46 %+18.9 %
  18. Solemn Simulacrum 42 %+20.8 %
  19. Night's Whisper 42 %+16.3 %
  20. Witch's Cottage 42 %+17.3 %
  21. Not Dead After All 42 %+30.3 %
  22. Fleshbag Marauder 42 %+25.2 %
  23. Conjurer's Closet 42 %+39.1 %
  24. Zulaport Cutthroat 40 %+16.6 %
  25. Merciless Executioner 40 %+32.0 %
  26. Phyrexian Arena 40 %+0.4 %
  27. Malakir Rebirth 40 %+15.9 %
  28. Supernatural Stamina 40 %+31.9 %
  29. Charcoal Diamond 40 %+18.0 %
  30. Thought Vessel 40 %+15.2 %
  31. Malakir Rebirth 40 %+15.9 %
  32. Nine-Lives Familiar 38 %+29.0 %
  33. Pitiless Plunderer 38 %+17.5 %
  34. Feign Death 38 %+29.1 %
  35. Sheoldred's Edict 38 %+22.4 %
  36. Defile 38 %+2.2 %
  37. Feed the Swarm 38 %-12.8 %
  38. Myriad Landscape 38 %+13.2 %
  39. The Darkness Crystal 38 %+17.4 %
  40. Cabal Stronghold 38 %+3.5 %
  41. Demon's Disciple 35 %+27.4 %
  42. Massacre Wurm 35 %+18.2 %
  43. Dark Ritual 35 %-31.9 %
  44. Mind Stone 35 %+7.7 %
  45. Black Market 35 %+15.2 %
  46. Exsanguinate 35 %+10.7 %
  47. Read the Bones 35 %+19.6 %
  48. Grave Pact 35 %+16.0 %
  49. Mortician Beetle 33 %+32.6 %
  50. Toxic Deluge 33 %-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 ↗
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