Vanquisher's Banner
Artifact
As this artifact enters, choose a creature type.
Creatures you control of the chosen type get +1/+1.
Whenever you cast a creature spell of the chosen type, draw a card.
- CommanderLegal
- StandardNot legal
- PioneerLegal
- ModernLegal
- LegacyLegal
- VintageLegal
- PauperNot legal
#384 on EDHREC's list of the most played Commander cards (as of October 16, 2026).
Selling Vanquisher's Banner?
We pay 50% of a card's market value in cash, or 70% in store credit, for cards worth more than $1. For the cheapest printing of Vanquisher's Banner, that's about $1.46 cash or $2.04 in credit.
All 10 printings and prices
| Set | # | Released | Nonfoil | Foil |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Foundations Commander FDC | 294 | Oct 2026 | $2.91 | – |
| The Lost Caverns of Ixalan Commander LCC | 316 | Nov 2023 | $5.03 | – |
| The List PLST | XLN-251 | Aug 2023 | $5.51 | – |
| Commander Masters CMM | 982 | Aug 2023 | $6.27 | – |
| Tales of Middle-earth Commander LTC | 289 | Jun 2023 | $5.25 | – |
| March of the Machine Commander MOC | 388 | Apr 2023 | $6.17 | – |
| Time Spiral Remastered TSR | 402 | Mar 2021 | $6.41 | $26.67 |
| Ixalan Promos PXLN | 251s | Sep 2017 | – | $17.44 |
| Ixalan XLN | 251 | Sep 2017 | $5.64 | $14.93 |
| Ixalan Promos PXLN | 251p | Sep 2017 | $5.34 | $24.50 |
TCGplayer market, near mint, Oct 16, 2026.
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Rulings
The last ability of Vanquisher's Banner resolves before the spell that caused it to trigger. The ability will resolve even if the creature spell is countered.
The choice of creature type is made as Vanquisher's Banner enters the battlefield. Players can't respond to this choice. The bonus starts applying immediately.
To choose a creature type, you must choose an existing creature type, such as Fungus or Sliver. You can't choose multiple creature types, such as Fungus Sliver. Card types such as artifact can't be chosen, nor can subtypes that aren't creature types, such as Jace, Vehicle, or Treasure.
The last ability of Vanquisher's Banner resolves before the spell that caused it to trigger. The ability will resolve even if the creature spell is countered.
Because damage remains marked on a creature until the damage is removed as the turn ends, nonlethal damage dealt to a creature you control of the chosen type may become lethal if Vanquisher's Banner leaves the battlefield during that turn.
The choice of creature type is made as Vanquisher's Banner enters the battlefield. Players can't respond to this choice. The bonus starts applying immediately.
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