Crossbow Infantry
Creature — Human Soldier Archer
: This creature deals 1 damage to target attacking or blocking creature.
- CMC
- 2
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- W
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Seventh Edition
- Price
- —
- EDHREC rank
- #19941
Crossbow Infantry lets you tap it to give a target creature -1/-0 until end of turn — a repeatable, free-activation way to blank attackers or set up blocks, but only marginally. One toughness of reduction is rarely enough to matter, and a 1/1 for one white with no other text is a bad rate at any table above casual.
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 |
Crossbow Infantry is legal in Commander, Legacy, Modern, Vintage, Pauper, and Oathbreaker, but that breadth is academic — it sees effectively no competitive play in any of them. In Commander, a 1/1 that requires a tap to shave one toughness off a creature is far too slow and marginal to earn a slot; the format demands cards that affect the board at scale. Pauper is the only context where narrow one-drops with activated abilities occasionally find a niche, but even there, Crossbow Infantry's effect doesn't line up with any meaningful aggro or control strategy. Treat it as a bulk common across all formats.
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Price Context
Current price
unknown tier
Price data for Crossbow Infantry isn't available in the current market feed, but as a bulk common with no competitive demand, it typically shows up in the penny-to-nickel range wherever old commons are sold. There's no reason to hunt for copies — if you want it, it's almost certainly in a bulk bin near you.
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.