Ardent Militia
Creature — Human Soldier
Vigilance
- CMC
- 5
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- W
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Weatherlight
- Price
- $0.08
- EDHREC rank
- #29919
Ardent Militia is a five-mana 2/2 with vigilance — the stat line is unplayable by any competitive standard. Better vigilance bodies exist at half the mana cost, and this one does nothing when it enters.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | not legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Ardent Militia is legal in Commander, Legacy, Modern, Vintage, Pauper, and Oathbreaker, but that legality is academic. In Commander, five mana for a 2/2 with no enters-the-battlefield effect, no tribal tag worth caring about, and no text beyond vigilance is a non-starter — the format's card density means you're never short of better options. Pauper is the one format where commons get scrutiny, but even there the bar for five-mana creatures is a meaningful body or immediate impact, and Ardent Militia clears neither. Across every format where it's legal, it sits firmly in unplayed territory.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.08 bulk tier
At $0.08, Ardent Militia is deep bulk — the kind of card that moves in collections by the hundred, not individually. There's no demand pressure to push that price upward, so treat it as a throwaway filler find, not a pickup.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.