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Heidegger, Shinra Executive
At the beginning of combat on your turn, target creature you control gets +X/+0 until end of turn, where X is the number of Soldiers you control.
At the beginning of your end step, create a number of 1/1 white Soldier creature tokens equal to the number of opponents who control more creatures than you.
Legendary Creature - Human Soldier
Heidegger, Shinra Executive (fic) 136

Commander

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Coat of Arms
Each creature gets +1/+1 for each other creature on the battlefield that shares at least one creature type with it. (For example, if two Goblin Warriors and a Goblin Shaman are on the battlefield, each gets +2/+2.)
Artifact
Coat of Arms (plst) DDS-58
Field Marshal
Other Soldier creatures get +1/+1 and have first strike. (They deal combat damage before creatures without first strike.)
Creature - Human Soldier
Field Marshal (10e) 15
Odric, Lunarch Marshal
At the beginning of each combat, creatures you control gain first strike until end of turn if a creature you control has first strike. The same is true for flying, deathtouch, double strike, haste, hexproof, indestructible, lifelink, menace, reach, skulk, trample, and vigilance.
Legendary Creature - Human Soldier
Odric, Lunarch Marshal (inr) 36
Valiant Veteran
Other Soldiers you control get +1/+1.
, Exile this card from your graveyard: Put a +1/+1 counter on each Soldier you control.
Creature - Soldier Kor
Valiant Veteran (dmu) 38

Anthem

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Warden of the Inner Sky
As long as this creature has three or more counters on it, it has flying and vigilance.
Tap three untapped artifacts and/or creatures you control: Put a +1/+1 counter on this creature. Scry 1. Activate only as a sorcery.
Creature - Human Soldier
Warden of the Inner Sky (lci) 43

Counters

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Esper Sentinel
Whenever an opponent casts their first noncreature spell each turn, draw a card unless that player pays
, where X is this creature's power.
Creature Artifact - Human Soldier
Esper Sentinel (h2r) 2
Idol of Oblivion
: Draw a card. Activate only if you created a token this turn.
,
, Sacrifice this artifact: Create a 10/10 colorless Eldrazi creature token.
Artifact
Idol of Oblivion (tdc) 319
Mentor of the Meek
Whenever another creature you control with power 2 or less enters, you may pay
. If you do, draw a card.
Creature - Human Soldier
Mentor of the Meek (hoc) 170
Vanquisher's Banner
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.
Artifact
Vanquisher's Banner (lcc) 316

Draw

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Elite Inquisitor
First strike, vigilance
Protection from Vampires, from Werewolves, and from Zombies
Creature - Human Soldier
Elite Inquisitor (isd) 13
Odric, Master Tactician
First strike (This creature deals combat damage before creatures without first strike.)
Whenever Odric and at least three other creatures attack, you choose which creatures block this combat and how those creatures block.
Legendary Creature - Human Soldier
Odric, Master Tactician (cmm) 46

Evasion

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Ancient Tomb
: Add
. This land deals 2 damage to you.
Land
Ancient Tomb (plst) TMP-315
Anointed Procession
If an effect would create one or more tokens under your control, it creates twice that many of those tokens instead.
Enchantment
Anointed Procession (plst) AKH-2
Astral Cornucopia
This artifact enters with X charge counters on it.
: Choose a color. Add one mana of that color for each charge counter on this artifact.
Artifact
Astral Cornucopia (soc) 342
Ballyrush Banneret
Kithkin spells and Soldier spells you cast cost
less to cast.
Creature - Soldier Kithkin
Ballyrush Banneret (fdn) 567
Bilbo's Gambit
Gift a Treasure (You may promise an opponent a gift as you cast this spell. If you do, they create a Treasure token before its other effects. It's an artifact with "
, Sacrifice this token: Add one mana of any color.")
Return target spell to its owner's hand. If the gift was promised, players can't cast spells this turn.
Instant
Bilbo's Gambit (hob) 285
Brave the Elements
Choose a color. White creatures you control gain protection from the chosen color until end of turn.
Instant
Brave the Elements (c14) 66
Call the Coppercoats
Strive — This spell costs
more to cast for each target beyond the first.
Choose any number of target opponents. Create X 1/1 white Human Soldier creature tokens, where X is the number of creatures those opponents control.
Instant
Call the Coppercoats (onc) 60
Cathars' Crusade
Whenever a creature you control enters, put a +1/+1 counter on each creature you control.
Enchantment
Cathars' Crusade (inr) 17
Cavern of Souls
As this land enters, choose a creature type.
: Add
.
: Add one mana of any color. Spend this mana only to cast a creature spell of the chosen type, and that spell can't be countered.
Land
Cavern of Souls (lci) 269
Dawnwing Marshal
Flying
: Creatures you control get +1/+1 until end of turn.
Creature - Soldier Cat
Dawnwing Marshal (j25) 1
Deploy to the Front
Create X 1/1 white Soldier creature tokens, where X is the number of creatures on the battlefield.
Sorcery
Deploy to the Front (40k) 184
Eiganjo, Seat of the Empire
: Add
.
Channel —
, Discard this card: It deals 4 damage to target attacking or blocking creature. This ability costs
less to activate for each legendary creature you control.
Legendary Land
Eiganjo, Seat of the Empire (neo) 268
Elspeth, Sun's Champion
+1: Create three 1/1 white Soldier creature tokens.
−3: Destroy all creatures with power 4 or greater.
−7: You get an emblem with "Creatures you control get +2/+2 and have flying."
Legendary Planeswalker - Elspeth
Elspeth, Sun's Champion (frc) 24
Emeria, the Sky Ruin
This land enters tapped.
At the beginning of your upkeep, if you control seven or more Plains, you may return target creature card from your graveyard to the battlefield.
: Add
.
Land
Emeria, the Sky Ruin (soc) 368
Farewell
Choose one or more —
• Exile all artifacts.
• Exile all creatures.
• Exile all enchantments.
• Exile all graveyards.
Sorcery
Farewell (fic) 242
Finale of Glory
Create X 2/2 white Soldier creature tokens with vigilance. If X is 10 or more, also create X 4/4 white Angel creature tokens with flying and vigilance.
Sorcery
Finale of Glory (clu) 61
Gatta and Luzzu
Flash
When Gatta and Luzzu enters, choose target creature you control. If damage would be dealt to that creature this turn, prevent that damage and put that many +1/+1 counters on it.
Legendary Creature - Human Soldier
Gatta and Luzzu (fic) 19
General Thunderbolt Ross
First strike
Battalion — Whenever General Thunderbolt Ross and at least two other creatures attack, attacking creatures get +1/+0 until end of turn.
Legendary Creature - Human Soldier
General Thunderbolt Ross (msc) 595
Ghostly Prison
Creatures can't attack you unless their controller pays
for each creature they control that's attacking you.
Enchantment
Ghostly Prison (soc) 146
Hall of Heliod's Generosity
: Add
.
,
: Put target enchantment card from your graveyard on top of your library.
Legendary Land
Hall of Heliod's Generosity (dsc) 283
Heraldic Banner
As this artifact enters, choose a color.
Creatures you control of the chosen color get +1/+0.
: Add one mana of the chosen color.
Artifact
Heraldic Banner (fdn) 254
Kindred Judgment
Choose a creature type. Destroy all creatures that aren't of the chosen type.
Sorcery
Kindred Judgment (fra) 13
Land Tax
At the beginning of your upkeep, if an opponent controls more lands than you, you may search your library for up to three basic land cards, reveal them, put them into your hand, then shuffle.
Enchantment
Land Tax (soc) 153
Leonardo's Technique
Sneak
(You may cast this spell for
if you also return an unblocked attacker you control to hand during the declare blockers step.)
Return one or two target creature cards each with mana value 3 or less from your graveyard to the battlefield.
Sorcery
Leonardo's Technique (tmt) 18
Martial Coup
Create X 1/1 white Soldier creature tokens. If X is 5 or more, destroy all other creatures.
Sorcery
Martial Coup (msc) 138
Myriad Landscape
This land enters tapped.
: Add
.
,
, Sacrifice this land: Search your library for up to two basic land cards that share a land type, put them onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle.
Land
Myriad Landscape (eoc) 169
Nevermore
As this enchantment enters, choose a nonland card name.
Spells with the chosen name can't be cast.
Enchantment
Nevermore (isd) 25
Path to Exile
Exile target creature. Its controller may search their library for a basic land card, put that card onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle.
Instant
Path to Exile (msc) 141
Pearl Medallion
White spells you cast cost
less to cast.
Artifact
Pearl Medallion (mh3) 294
Plains
(
: Add
.)
Basic Land - Plains
Plains (trk) 317
Prison Term
Enchant creature
Enchanted creature can't attack or block, and its activated abilities can't be activated.
Whenever a creature an opponent controls enters, you may attach this Aura to that creature.
Enchantment - Aura
Prison Term (plst) SHM-18
Raft Security Officer
,
: Tap target creature. This ability costs
less to activate if it targets a creature with power 3 or less.
Creature - Human Soldier
Raft Security Officer (msh) 33
Rebuff the Wicked
Counter target spell that targets a permanent you control.
Instant
Rebuff the Wicked (tsr) 35
Repurposed Enforcer
Whenever this creature attacks, empower Jace X, where X is the number of creatures you control. (Put that many loyalty counters on a Jace token you control. If you don't control one, first create a blue Jace planeswalker token with "[−1]: Surveil 1" and "[−3]: Draw a card.")
Creature - Human Soldier
Repurposed Enforcer (fra) 335
Return to the Light Realms
Return all nonland permanent cards from your graveyard to the battlefield.
Sorcery
Return to the Light Realms (fra) 20
Rogue's Passage
: Add
.
,
: Target creature can't be blocked this turn.
Land
Rogue's Passage (hoc) 212
Sanctify
Destroy target artifact or enchantment. You gain 3 life.
Sorcery
Sanctify (vow) 33
Silence
Your opponents can't cast spells this turn.
Instant
Silence (m14) 35
Smothering Tithe
Whenever an opponent draws a card, that player may pay
. If the player doesn't, you create a Treasure token. (It's an artifact with "
, Sacrifice this token: Add one mana of any color.")
Enchantment
Smothering Tithe (cmm) 57
SOLDIER Military Program
At the beginning of combat on your turn, choose one. If you control a commander, you may choose both instead.
• Create a 1/1 white Soldier creature token.
• Put a +1/+1 counter on each of up to two Soldiers you control.
Enchantment
SOLDIER Military Program (fic) 25
Strip Mine
: Add
.
, Sacrifice this land: Destroy target land.
Land
Strip Mine (4ed) 363
Stroke of Midnight
Destroy target nonland permanent. Its controller creates a 1/1 white Human creature token.
Instant
Stroke of Midnight (fca) 26
Swords to Plowshares
Exile target creature. Its controller gains life equal to its power.
Instant
Swords to Plowshares (msc) 143
Teferi's Protection
Until your next turn, your life total can't change and you gain protection from everything. All permanents you control phase out. (While they're phased out, they're treated as though they don't exist. They phase in before you untap during your untap step.)
Exile Teferi's Protection.
Instant
Teferi's Protection (2x2) 32
The Eagles Are Coming!
Kicker
(You may pay an additional
as you cast this spell.)
Choose target creature you own. If this spell was kicked, instead choose any number of target creatures you own. Return each chosen creature to your hand. At the beginning of the next upkeep, create a 4/4 white Bird Soldier creature token with flying for each creature returned to your hand this way.
Instant
The Eagles Are Coming! (hob) 12
Thorin's Last Stand
Choose one —
• Creatures you control get +2/+1 until end of turn.
• Destroy target artifact or enchantment. You gain 2 life.
Instant
Thorin's Last Stand (hob) 209

Instant

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Baird, Steward of Argive
Vigilance
Creatures can't attack you or planeswalkers you control unless their controller pays
for each of those creatures.
Legendary Creature - Human Soldier
Baird, Steward of Argive (blc) 135
Bastion Protector
Commander creatures you control get +2/+2 and have indestructible.
Creature - Human Soldier
Bastion Protector (msc) 122
Lightning Greaves
Equipped creature has haste and shroud. (It can't be the target of spells or abilities.)
Equip
Artifact - Equipment
Lightning Greaves (msc) 202

Protection

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Daru Warchief
Soldier spells you cast cost
less to cast.
Soldier creatures you control get +1/+2.
Creature - Human Soldier
Daru Warchief (scg) 6
Herald's Horn
As this artifact enters, choose a creature type.
Creature spells you cast of the chosen type cost
less to cast.
At the beginning of your upkeep, look at the top card of your library. If it's a creature card of the chosen type, you may reveal it and put it into your hand.
Artifact
Herald's Horn (msc) 287
Preeminent Captain
First strike (This creature deals combat damage before creatures without first strike.)
Whenever this creature attacks, you may put a Soldier creature card from your hand onto the battlefield tapped and attacking.
Creature - Soldier Kithkin
Preeminent Captain (m15) 25
Sol Ring
: Add
.
Artifact
Sol Ring (msc) 211

Ramp

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Lieutenant Kirtar
Flying
, Sacrifice Lieutenant Kirtar: Exile target attacking creature.
Legendary Creature - Soldier Bird
Lieutenant Kirtar (dmr) 12

Removal

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Thalia, Heretic Cathar
First strike
Creatures and nonbasic lands your opponents control enter tapped.
Legendary Creature - Human Soldier
Thalia, Heretic Cathar (inr) 351

Stax

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Captain of the Watch
Vigilance (Attacking doesn't cause this creature to tap.)
Other Soldier creatures you control get +1/+1 and have vigilance.
When this creature enters, create three 1/1 white Soldier creature tokens.
Creature - Human Soldier
Captain of the Watch (pip) 157
Darien, King of Kjeldor
Whenever you're dealt damage, you may create that many 1/1 white Soldier creature tokens.
Legendary Creature - Human Soldier
Darien, King of Kjeldor (mkc) 59
Myrel, Shield of Argive
During your turn, your opponents can't cast spells or activate abilities of artifacts, creatures, or enchantments.
Whenever Myrel attacks, create X 1/1 colorless Soldier artifact creature tokens, where X is the number of Soldiers you control.
Legendary Creature - Human Soldier
Myrel, Shield of Argive (bro) 18
Siege Veteran
At the beginning of combat on your turn, put a +1/+1 counter on target creature you control.
Whenever another nontoken Soldier you control dies, create a 1/1 colorless Soldier artifact creature token.
Creature - Human Soldier
Siege Veteran (bro) 25

Tokens

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Pyre of Heroes
,
, Sacrifice a creature: Search your library for a creature card that shares a creature type with the sacrificed creature and has mana value equal to 1 plus that creature's mana value. Put that card onto the battlefield, then shuffle. Activate only as a sorcery.
Artifact
Pyre of Heroes (khm) 241
Recruiter of the Guard
When this creature enters, you may search your library for a creature card with toughness 2 or less, reveal it, put it into your hand, then shuffle.
Creature - Human Soldier
Recruiter of the Guard (mh3) 266

Tutor

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