Icatian Scout
Creature — Human Soldier Scout
, 
: Target creature gains first strike until end of turn.
- CMC
- 1
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- W
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Fallen Empires
- Price
- $0.15
- EDHREC rank
- #28417
Icatian Scout trades one mana for +1/+0 until end of turn on any creature — a negligible combat pump that rarely changes outcomes at any table. It's a bulk rare in effect if not in rarity, and there's almost no Commander context where this earns a slot.
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 Scout is legal in Commander, Legacy, Vintage, Pauper, and Oathbreaker, but legality and playability are different things. In Commander, a one-mana instant that pumps a single creature by one is too low-impact to justify a slot in any 99 — the format demands cards that affect the board at scale. Pauper is the most charitable context, where incremental combat tricks carry more weight, but even there Icatian Scout competes against strictly better options at the same cost. Legacy and Vintage don't want it at all.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.15 bulk tier
At $0.15, Icatian Scout sits firmly in bulk territory, and that price reflects its real demand. Don't expect it to move — there's no competitive shell hunting for this effect.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.