Hardy Veteran
Creature — Human Warrior
During your turn, this creature gets +0/+2.
- CMC
- 2
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- G
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Rivals of Ixalan
- Price
- $0.06
- EDHREC rank
- #30177
Hardy Veteran enters the battlefield as a 2/2 with vigilance for two mana — functional, forgettable, and outclassed by nearly every two-drop that sees competitive play. There is no build-around potential here; Hardy Veteran is a Limited filler creature that rarely belongs in a curated 99.
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 | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Hardy Veteran is a vanilla-adjacent creature with no text worth building around, which means it has no meaningful home in Commander, Modern, Pioneer, Legacy, or Vintage — formats where two-mana creatures are expected to do substantially more than exist. Pauper is the only format where it could theoretically occupy a slot in an aggressive white deck that simply needs bodies, but even there it faces stiff competition from commons with actual abilities. Across every legal format, Hardy Veteran sits at the bottom of the curve in terms of power and selection priority.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.06 bulk tier
At $0.06, Hardy Veteran is deep bulk — the kind of card that fills a draft chaff box, not a trade binder. That price is stable because demand is effectively zero, so don't expect movement in either direction.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.