Balduvian Warlord

Creature — Human Barbarian

Tap: Remove target blocking creature from combat. Creatures it blocked that no other creature blocked this combat become unblocked, then it blocks an attacking creature of your choice. Play this ability only during the declare blockers step.

Legality

Format	Legality
1v1 Commander	Legal
Archenemy	Legal
Block Constructed	Legal
Canadian Highlander	Legal
Casual	Legal
Commander / EDH	Legal
Commander: Rule 0	Legal
Custom	Legal
Duel Commander	Legal
Highlander	Legal
Legacy	Legal
Leviathan	Legal
Limited	Legal
Modern	Legal
Oathbreaker	Legal
Planechase	Legal
Quest Magic	Legal
Vanguard	Legal
Vintage	Legal

Discussion (7)

Rhadamanthus on Does No Quarter Make Your …

2 years ago

Balduvian Warlord's ability is a callback to False Orders, the only other effect I can think of.

Omniscience_is_life on Does No Quarter Make Your …

2 years ago

Polaris Balduvian Warlord is the only effect in existence, to the extent of Scryfall's knowledge.

Omniscience_is_life on Turn Sequence and Blocking

3 years ago

Balduvian Warlord is a good example of this, after a quick Scryfall look

seshiro_of_the_orochi on Card creation challenge

3 years ago

Utopia Day WWGG

Instant

Prevent all damage that would be dealt this turn. Permanents gain shroud and indestructible until end of turn. Each player draws a card.

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Balduvian Warcry R

Instant

Remove target blocking creature from combat. Creatures it was blocking that hadn’t become blocked by another creature this combat become unblocked, then it blocks an attacking creature of your choice.

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Did both. Challenge: Balduvian Warcry was shaped after Balduvian Warlord's ability. Do another combat trick that imitates any creature's ability.

KrimeFyta on Warrior at heart

5 years ago

We are in complete agreement about Saskia the Unyielding being a warrior, not so much a soldier. Perhaps even a berserker? When I first saw the woad paint on her, I immediately became hopeful that she was Balduvian. And speaking of Balduvians, what's your stance on Balduvian Warlord?

I applaud your first-ever commander deck, absolutely. I'm making my first-ever commander deck as well, I've held out for sooo long! What's the deal with 40 life, anyway? Most of the EDH games I'm aware of are multiplayer, which makes me think players need to bring a pillow to games so they can take a nap while waiting for their next turn. Aren't multiplayer games long enough for these animals? We need to find a way to drag these games out even longer!? Why must I be a man without a country!?

Alas, the local scene around here is pretty much exclusive to commander decks.

DemonGyro on True Followers of Avacyn

6 years ago

• Removed: Balduvian Warlord
• Added: Frontline Medic

Medic allows my army to just keep swinging with the indestructible on the attack and seems like it will be more useful overall than the Warlord. The ability to counter X-cost spells is also a great upside.

Rhadamanthus on General Jarkeld is strange.

7 years ago

An additional note: compare/contrast this with Balduvian Warlord, which can specifically cause an attacker to become unblocked as part of its effect. As BlueScope pointed out, General Jarkeld doesn't do this.