Hundred-Battle Veteran
Creature — Zombie Warrior
As long as there are three or more different kinds of counters among creatures you control, this creature gets +2/+4.
You may cast this card from your graveyard. If you do, it enters with a finality counter on it. (If a creature with a finality counter on it would die, exile it instead.)
- CMC
- 4
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- B
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Tarkir: Dragonstorm
- Price
- $0.07
- EDHREC rank
- #24673
Hundred-Battle Veteran pumps your whole attacking team and grants them ward — on a 3/3 body for four mana — making it a genuine threat multiplier in go-wide strategies. The rate isn't embarrassing, but four mana for an effect that requires a board to matter means it's a build-around, not a staple.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | legal |
| standard | legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
In Commander, Hundred-Battle Veteran slots cleanly into token and wide-attack strategies where the anthem effect and ward tax compound across a dozen creatures at once — that's where it earns its slot. In 1v1 formats like Modern and Pioneer, four mana for a conditional anthem is too slow against interaction-heavy decks, and the ward only protects the Veteran itself on offense, not a sustained board presence. Standard is the friendliest non-Commander environment, where aggressive Human or Soldier tribal shells can actually threaten the turn-four window before removal answers everything. Legacy and Vintage won't touch it — the power bar is simply too high for a four-drop without immediate, unconditional impact.
Key Combos
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Price Context
Current price
$0.07 bulk tier
At $0.07, Hundred-Battle Veteran is deep bulk — pick it up in any common/uncommon lot without a second thought. Bulk rares at this price point rarely climb unless they land in a breakout Standard deck, so treat it as a free inclusion, not a spec.
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Sources
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.