Fortune, Loyal Steed

OTJ · rare · Released 2024-04-19

Power

brawl

tier-1Niche payoff

commander

tier-1Niche payoff

Tier shown as baseline → best-case (in its ideal shell).

Derived from the 7 atoms below.

over

above rate

standalone

meaningful alone

build around

needs a shell

scales

scales up

rigid

one mode

broad

broadly useful

fragile

easily answered

Commander Bracket

1Precon2Core3Upgraded4Optimized5cEDH

Archetypes

positive:

blinkflickervehicle-mattersvoltron

negative:

No active conflicts.

Roles

etb-triggerflickerscrytop-deck-manipulationevasive-threat

Risks

attack-trigger-onlyrequires-creature-densityslow-setupconditional-trigger

Mechanics

mech-equip

Typal

synergy:

—

anti:

—

Structural

triggered-abilityactivated-ability

Rationale

Fortune is a 2/4 legendary Beast Mount that ETB-scrys 2 and, when it attacks while saddled, exiles itself plus the saddling creature at end of combat and returns both to the battlefield — effectively flickering both. This makes it a strong blink/flicker enabler for ETB-heavy creatures in the same shell, and its saddle mechanic ties it to vehicle-matters and voltron strategies. The value is gated behind attacking while saddled, making it slower and conditional than dedicated flicker spells.

Learnings (3)

Fortune's end-of-combat flicker triggers ETBs on BOTH Fortune itself and the creature that saddled it, effectively doubling up on any ETB effects on the rider each attack cycle.
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The Saddle 1 cost is extremely low — almost any creature qualifies as a rider, which makes the flicker loop very easy to enable consistently.
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Fortune is a legendary creature, not a Vehicle, so it doesn't benefit from typical Vehicle-matters support cards, but it does interact with legendary-matters effects.
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Popularity

EDHREC rank: #7,592