God-Favored General
Creature — Human Soldier
Inspired — Whenever this creature becomes untapped, you may pay 
. If you do, create two 1/1 white Soldier enchantment creature tokens.
- CMC
- 2
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- W
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Born of the Gods
- Price
- $0.20
- EDHREC rank
- #21385
God-Favored General produces two 1/1 Soldier tokens every time it attacks, but only if you pay 2W — a tax that compounds fast in a format where mana is finite. It earns a slot when you can either waive the cost through untap tricks or guarantee enough token payoffs to make the investment worthwhile; otherwise, it's outclassed by token producers that don't charge per swing.
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 |
God-Favored General is a Commander card first and almost exclusively — the repeatable token generation on a 2/2 body is too slow and conditional for competitive Constructed formats like Modern or Legacy, where the game is often decided before you can chain multiple profitable attacks. In Pioneer the same logic applies; token strategies there lean on one-time burst rather than incremental per-attack payoffs behind a mana tax. Commander is where the math actually works: games go long, token synergies like Anointed Procession and Divine Visitation multiply the output, and a wide Soldier board can close games through commanders like Iroas, God of Victory or fuel sacrifice engines entirely.
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Price Context
Current price
$0.20 bulk tier
At $0.20, God-Favored General is deep bulk — you're not spending money on this card, you're spending a slot. Bulk rares don't typically climb without a Standard or Pioneer reprint spotlight, and this one has no path to either, so treat it as a free inclusion or a free cut depending on whether your deck can consistently afford the token tax.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.