Frontline Strategist
Creature — Human Soldier
Morph 
(You may cast this card face down as a 2/2 creature for 
. Turn it face up any time for its morph cost.)
When this creature is turned face up, prevent all combat damage non-Soldier creatures would deal this turn.
- CMC
- 1
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- W
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Scourge
- Price
- $0.14
- EDHREC rank
- #21151
Frontline Strategist taps to prevent all combat damage that would be dealt to and dealt by target creature blocking this turn — a one-mana instant-speed fog on any single blocker that also sets up graveyard triggers with commanders like Yedora, Grave Gardener. It's a niche card, not a staple, but in the right shell it punches above bulk.
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 |
Frontline Strategist is legal in Commander, Legacy, Vintage, Pauper, and Oathbreaker. In Commander it finds its clearest home in white go-wide or Soldier tribal decks that want incidental protection at one mana, and in graveyard shells that care about creatures cycling through the bin. In Pauper it's a legal common but rarely sees play — white has better combat tricks at one mana. Legacy and Vintage give it zero competitive traction; the effect is too limited to slot over fog-adjacent options with broader scope.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Yedora, Grave GardenerPhyrexian AltarFrontline Strategist
Infinite death triggers; Infinite green mana; Infinite landfall triggers; Infinite LTB; Infinite sacrifice triggers
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MissyPhyrexian AltarFrontline Strategist
Infinite death triggers; Infinite ETB; Infinite LTB; Infinite sacrifice triggers
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Current price
$0.14 bulk tier
At $0.14, Frontline Strategist is deep bulk — you're not buying it for financial upside, you're buying a playset for less than a pack of gum. Expect the price to stay flat; there's no breakout combo or high-demand commander driving a spike.
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Sources
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.