Brokers Veteran
Creature — Human Soldier
When this creature dies, put a shield counter on target creature you control. (If it would be dealt damage or destroyed, remove a shield counter from it instead.)
- CMC
- 2
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- U
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Streets of New Capenna
- Price
- $0.11
- EDHREC rank
- #21001
Brokers Veteran puts a +1/+1 counter on a creature when it enters — a single counter, on a 2/2 body, for two mana. That rate doesn't clear the bar in any format where you can do more with two mana.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
In Commander, Brokers Veteran is fringe playable only in dedicated +1/+1 counter synergy decks — Atraxa or Hamza lists that need volume over individual power. In Pauper, it competes with a deep pool of two-mana commons that do more, so it doesn't see play. Modern, Legacy, and Vintage have long since moved past vanilla-adjacent two-drops with no immediate board impact. Pioneer is the same story: the format's curve is too efficient for a 2/2 that spreads one counter once. Brokers Veteran is a Limited card that occasionally earns a Commander slot in the narrowest of archetypes.
Key Combos
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Price Context
Current price
$0.11 bulk tier
At $0.11, Brokers Veteran is deep bulk — you're paying for cardboard, not power. The price is stable because demand is low and copies are plentiful; don't expect it to move in either direction.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.