Ardbert, Warrior of Darkness card art

Ardbert, Warrior of Darkness

Legendary Creature — Spirit Warrior MV 3

Tracked across real Commander games played through TurnZero HQ.

What it does

Whenever you cast a white spell, put a +1/+1 counter on each legendary creature you control. They gain vigilance until end of turn.

Whenever you cast a black spell, put a +1/+1 counter on each legendary creature you control. They gain menace until end of turn.

Rulings

One official ruling, as Wizards published it.

  • 2025-06-06

    Each of Ardbert's abilities resolves before the spell that caused it to trigger. It resolves even if that spell is countered or otherwise leaves the stack.

Rulings are Wizards of the Coast's own, mirrored from Scryfall and refreshed nightly.

In the 99

Every deck whose current list includes Ardbert, Warrior of Darkness, whatever its commander.

Decks running it 3
Games played 0
Win rate — Fewer than 5 completed games, which is not enough to publish a rate yet.
Confirmed on board 0 Games where a board photo caught it actually in play.

Most played under

Commander Decks Games Win rate
Y'shtola, Night's Blessed 3 0 —

Colors it shows up in

  • Esper 3 decks

Every version of Ardbert, Warrior of Darkness

2 printings, newest first. Prices are the market figures Scryfall publishes, refreshed nightly. A printing with no figure shows a dash rather than a zero, because Scryfall publishes none for some of them.

Prices from Scryfall, which tracks the TCGplayer and Cardmarket markets. They move daily and are a guide rather than a quote. Search TCGplayer for Ardbert, Warrior of Darkness. It runs a name search across every version, which covers the printings TCGplayer publishes no direct link to.

Aggregated from Commander games tracked in TurnZero HQ. Every figure counts decks and games only. No individual deck list, player or playgroup is identified. Win rates are withheld below 5 completed games, where the sample is too small to mean anything.