Icatian Infantry
Creature — Human Soldier
: This creature gains first strike until end of turn.: This creature gains banding until end of turn. (Any creatures with banding, and up to one without, can attack in a band. Bands are blocked as a group. If any creatures with banding you control are blocking or being blocked by a creature, you divide that creature's combat damage, not its controller, among any of the creatures it's being blocked by or is blocking.)
- CMC
- 1
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- W
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Fallen Empires
- Price
- $0.18
- EDHREC rank
- #23791
Icatian Infantry is a 1/1 for one mana that requires two additional mana activations just to grant first strike and banding — abilities that rarely change game outcomes in Commander. The ceiling is too low and the mana investment too high to justify a slot in any serious 99.
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 |
Icatian Infantry has no meaningful competitive presence in any format where it's legal. In Legacy and Vintage, a one-mana 1/1 with activated abilities costing two mana each doesn't come close to the efficiency bar. Pauper is the only format where commons get real consideration, but even there, white aggro wants bodies that do something the turn they enter — Icatian Infantry demands too much mana to become relevant. In Commander, banding is a parasitic mechanic with almost no support and first strike on a 1/1 doesn't threaten anyone.
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Price Context
Current price
$0.18 bulk tier
At $0.18, Icatian Infantry sits firmly in bulk territory, and that price reflects its playability accurately. Don't expect movement — bulk commons with no competitive or casual demand stay bulk.
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.