First printed in Edge of Eternities (2025)
Dawnstrike Vanguard 
Creature — Human Knight
Lifelink
At the beginning of your end step, if you control two or more tapped creatures, put a +1/+1 counter on each creature you control other than this creature.
"Arrive as the dawn, and banish night through your brilliance!"
4/5
- Illustrated by
- Arif Wijaya
Legality
- Legal in
- Standard, Pioneer, Modern, Legacy, Vintage, Future Standard, Historic, Timeless, Alchemy, Gladiator, Commander, Duel Commander, Oathbreaker, Brawl, Standard Brawl, Competitive Brawl
- Not legal in
- Pauper, Penny Dreadful, Premodern, Old School 93/94, Pauper Commander, PreDH, Tiny Leaders
Ruling (1)
- Dawnstrike Vanguard’s last ability will check as your end step starts to see if you control two or more tapped creatures. If you don’t, the ability won’t trigger at all. You won’t be able to tap anything during your end step in time to have the ability trigger. If you don’t control two or more tapped creatures when the ability resolves, the ability won’t do anything.
Prices
MTGO price: 0.003 TIX, the cheapest non-foil print (average sell price on GoatBots, 28 Oct 2026).
In Limited on MTG Arena
Win rates in Arena drafts and sealed, retrieved from 17Lands (CC BY 4.0).
| Set | GIH WR | vs set | IWD | Games |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Edge of Eternities (EOE), Premier Draft | 52.8% | -2.5 | -0.6 | 11987 |
| Edge of Eternities (EOE), Sealed | 55.8% | -1.2 | -0.6 | 2067 |
- GIH WR
- win rate of the games in which the card was in the opening hand or drawn
- vs set
- points above or below the average win rate of all decks in the set
- IWD
- improvement when drawn: GIH WR minus the win rate when the card stayed in the library
- Games
- games in which the card was seen