Fortified Beachhead
Land
As this land enters, you may reveal a Soldier card from your hand. This land enters tapped unless you revealed a Soldier card this way or you control a Soldier.
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, : Soldiers you control get +1/+1 until end of turn.
- CMC
- 0
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- UW
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- The Brothers' War
- Price
- $0.24
- EDHREC rank
- #12085
Fortified Beachhead enters untapped and replaces itself with a card on the way in — that combination on a dual land is genuinely rare at any price. The catch is the Soldier subtype requirement to draw, which is irrelevant in dedicated Soldier tribal and a real cost everywhere else.
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 | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
In Commander, Fortified Beachhead earns a slot in any white-blue Soldier tribal build without debate — a free land drop that draws a card is exactly the kind of card-advantage engine those decks need to keep pace. Outside tribal, it's a mediocre dual that requires you to jump through a hoop for what should be a free effect. In Modern and Pioneer, it sees fringe play in white-based Soldier aggro lists where the enter-untapped clause is essential and the tribal density makes the draw reliable. Legacy and Vintage don't want it — the formats have better two-color fixing and Soldier synergy isn't a competitive axis there.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.24 bulk tier
At $0.24, Fortified Beachhead is bulk, which makes it an automatic include in any Soldier tribal Commander deck — the floor for a card that enters untapped and replaces itself is substantially higher than that. Pick up copies now; its utility in a focused build is out of proportion to its price tag.
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Sources
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.