Expendable Troops
Creature — Human Soldier
, Sacrifice this creature: It deals 2 damage to target attacking or blocking creature.
- CMC
- 2
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- W
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Urza's Legacy
- Price
- $0.16
- EDHREC rank
- #30493
Expendable Troops trades a token-generating sorcery for a one-sided board wipe — you get bodies, then cash them in to destroy all creatures you don't control. The cost is real: it requires you to already have those tokens in play or sacrifice a fresh batch, making it a clunky two-step.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | not legal |
| pioneer | not legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
In Commander, Expendable Troops occupies a narrow niche — token-go-wide decks that want a one-sided wipe stapled to a spell, but can't always afford the setup cost to make it punishing. In Pauper, it's more interesting: commons-only card pools thin out reliable one-sided sweepers, and any deck that can flood the board with tokens gets real value here. Legacy and Vintage have access to far more efficient removal and combo infrastructure, so Expendable Troops never sees serious play in either format.
Key Combos
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Price Context
Current price
$0.16 bulk tier
At $0.16, Expendable Troops is deep bulk — the price reflects its narrow use case and low demand. It's a safe pickup for token decks on a tight budget, but don't expect that price to move in either direction.
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Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.