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Gaius van Baelsar
USD $2.31
USD foil $22.06
EUR €1.68
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
#5,729
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 0.75
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 %+42.9 %
  3. Conjurer's Closet 43 %+39.9 %
  4. Accursed Marauder 61 %+38.7 %
  5. Morbid Opportunist 63 %+38.3 %
  6. Undying Malice 48 %+37.8 %
  7. Merciless Executioner 43 %+34.9 %
  8. Bastion of Remembrance 50 %+32.6 %
  9. Reassembling Skeleton 50 %+32.3 %
  10. Mortician Beetle 31 %+30.8 %
  11. Gravelighter 33 %+30.2 %
  12. Not Dead After All 41 %+29.4 %
  13. Supernatural Stamina 37 %+29.3 %
  14. Feign Death 37 %+28.7 %
  15. Panharmonicon 30 %+28.0 %
  16. Syr Konrad, the Grim 48 %+28.0 %
  17. Fleshbag Marauder 44 %+27.3 %
  18. Demon's Disciple 35 %+27.1 %
  19. Nine-Lives Familiar 35 %+26.5 %
  20. Blood Artist 57 %+25.7 %
  21. Archfiend of Depravity 31 %+24.4 %
  22. Sephiroth, Fabled SOLDIER 28 %+22.3 %
  23. Fumulus, the Infestation 22 %+20.9 %
  24. Undying Evil 24 %+20.7 %
  25. Blade of Selves 22 %+20.7 %
  26. Solemn Simulacrum 41 %+20.2 %
  27. Sheoldred's Edict 35 %+20.2 %
  28. Zulaport Cutthroat 43 %+19.3 %
  29. Grave Pact 39 %+19.2 %
  30. Deadly Dispute 46 %+18.8 %
  31. Black Market 39 %+18.7 %
  32. Overkill 25 %+18.5 %
  33. Read the Bones 33 %+18.0 %
  34. Massacre Wurm 35 %+17.9 %
  35. Kaya's Ghostform 28 %+17.8 %
  36. Witch's Cottage 43 %+17.7 %
  37. Zenos yae Galvus 20 %+17.3 %
  38. Kingpin, Wilson Fisk 18 %+17.1 %
  39. Midnight Reaper 26 %+17.0 %
  40. The Darkness Crystal 37 %+16.9 %
  41. Night's Whisper 43 %+16.8 %
  42. Pitiless Plunderer 37 %+16.5 %
  43. Meathook Massacre II 22 %+16.5 %
  44. Fake Your Own Death 24 %+16.3 %
  45. Abyssal Gorestalker 17 %+16.2 %
  46. Wasteland Raider 17 %+15.6 %
  47. Wayfarer's Bauble 30 %+15.5 %
  48. Charcoal Diamond 37 %+15.4 %
  49. Sign in Blood 50 %+15.2 %
  50. Malakir Rebirth 39 %+15.0 %

Most included 50

Highest share of decks running them, distinctive or not.

  1. Swamp 93 %-2.8 %
  2. Sol Ring 76 %-9.4 %
  3. Arcane Signet 72 %+10.7 %
  4. Plaguecrafter 63 %+42.9 %
  5. Morbid Opportunist 63 %+38.3 %
  6. Accursed Marauder 61 %+38.7 %
  7. Blood Artist 57 %+25.7 %
  8. Jet Medallion 56 %-6.4 %
  9. Cabal Coffers 54 %-1.0 %
  10. Zodiark, Umbral God 52 %+44.6 %
  11. Sign in Blood 50 %+15.2 %
  12. Bastion of Remembrance 50 %+32.6 %
  13. Reassembling Skeleton 50 %+32.3 %
  14. Syr Konrad, the Grim 48 %+28.0 %
  15. Undying Malice 48 %+37.8 %
  16. Deadly Dispute 46 %+18.8 %
  17. Fleshbag Marauder 44 %+27.3 %
  18. Bojuka Bog 44 %-3.2 %
  19. Conjurer's Closet 43 %+39.9 %
  20. Zulaport Cutthroat 43 %+19.3 %
  21. Cabal Stronghold 43 %+8.9 %
  22. Night's Whisper 43 %+16.8 %
  23. Witch's Cottage 43 %+17.7 %
  24. Merciless Executioner 43 %+34.9 %
  25. Solemn Simulacrum 41 %+20.2 %
  26. Not Dead After All 41 %+29.4 %
  27. Mind Stone 41 %+13.2 %
  28. Malakir Rebirth 39 %+15.0 %
  29. Malakir Rebirth 39 %+15.0 %
  30. Grave Pact 39 %+19.2 %
  31. Thought Vessel 39 %+15.0 %
  32. Black Market 39 %+18.7 %
  33. Defile 39 %+4.0 %
  34. Phyrexian Arena 39 %-0.4 %
  35. Pitiless Plunderer 37 %+16.5 %
  36. The Darkness Crystal 37 %+16.9 %
  37. Supernatural Stamina 37 %+29.3 %
  38. Exsanguinate 37 %+12.4 %
  39. Feed the Swarm 37 %-13.2 %
  40. Charcoal Diamond 37 %+15.4 %
  41. Feign Death 37 %+28.7 %
  42. Demon's Disciple 35 %+27.1 %
  43. Massacre Wurm 35 %+17.9 %
  44. Nine-Lives Familiar 35 %+26.5 %
  45. Dark Ritual 35 %-32.3 %
  46. Sheoldred's Edict 35 %+20.2 %
  47. Myriad Landscape 35 %+11.4 %
  48. Read the Bones 33 %+18.0 %
  49. Gravelighter 33 %+30.2 %
  50. Gray Merchant of Asphodel 33 %-17.0 %

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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