Elite Javelineer
Creature — Human Soldier
Whenever this creature blocks, it deals 1 damage to target attacking creature.
- CMC
- 3
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- W
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Eighth Edition
- Price
- $0.04
- EDHREC rank
- #30782
Elite Javelineer enters with a -1/-0 counter on target creature, which is a real, immediate board effect — but a 2/1 body for two mana that doesn't threaten to close games or generate value is below the baseline most formats demand. It's a Limited card that doesn't translate.
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 |
Elite Javelineer is legal in Commander, Legacy, Modern, Vintage, Pauper, and Oathbreaker, but the only format where it has a plausible home is Pauper, where the common card pool keeps the power ceiling low enough that a enters-the-battlefield debuff on a 2/1 can do real work in aggressive white shells. In Commander, a single -1/-0 counter on one creature across a 100-card, four-player game is close to invisible — the slot is almost always better spent on a creature with a repeatable effect or a hard removal spell. Modern and Legacy have long since moved past two-mana 2/1s that don't immediately threaten the board or combo into something.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.04 bulk tier
At $0.04, Elite Javelineer is deep bulk — the kind of card that fills out a penny bin rather than a trade binder. That price reflects its play rate accurately, and there's no demand pressure that would move it.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.