Imodane's Recruiter // Train Troops
Creature — Human Knight // Sorcery — Adventure
When this creature enters, creatures you control get +1/+0 and gain haste until end of turn.
- CMC
- 3
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- RW
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Wilds of Eldraine
- Price
- $0.21
- EDHREC rank
- #17313
Imodane's Recruiter // Train Troops puts a 3/1 trample creature onto the battlefield and, if you have enough power on board, tutors a second one directly into play — all for three mana. The back half, Train Troops, is the real payoff: a sorcery that pumps your whole team and adds trample for a turn, turning a board of small creatures into a lethal alpha strike.
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, Imodane's Recruiter // Train Troops earns its slot in token-wide strategies and go-wide red aggro shells, where Train Troops can convert a populated board into a one-shot kill. Outside Commander, it sees essentially no competitive play — Pioneer and Modern have faster, more efficient ways to end games, and the threshold condition on the front face is hard to meet in the early turns where it matters most. Standard is the most realistic non-Commander home, where creature-heavy red decks can occasionally leverage the tutor effect, but even there it's a fringe roleplayer rather than a staple.
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Price Context
Current price
$0.21 bulk tier
At $0.21, Imodane's Recruiter // Train Troops sits firmly in bulk territory, which reflects its narrow competitive application accurately. It's a stable pickup for any go-wide Commander build at essentially no cost, and there's little reason to expect the price to move.
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.