Flanking Troops
Creature — Human Soldier
Whenever this creature attacks, you may tap target creature.
- CMC
- 4
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- W
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Portal Three Kingdoms
- Price
- $2.03
- EDHREC rank
- #29804
Flanking Troops puts two 2/2 Knight tokens with flanking onto the battlefield — six power and toughness across three bodies for five mana. That rate is mediocre in Commander, where five mana buys far more threatening boards.
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 | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Flanking Troops is legal in Commander, Legacy, Vintage, and Oathbreaker, but sees essentially no competitive play in any of them. In Commander, five mana for two 2/2 tokens is well below the baseline — token generators like Monastery Mentor or Secure the Wastes produce more for less. Legacy and Vintage have zero interest in this rate. Oathbreaker follows the same logic as Commander: the card simply doesn't do enough at its cost.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$2.03 cheap tier
At $2.03, Flanking Troops sits in the cheap tier but overprices its power level — this is a bulk-rare playing at uncommon rates. Don't expect that price to reflect gameplay demand; it's a collector artifact, not a signal of utility.
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.