Independent Troops
Creature — Human Soldier
- CMC
- 2
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- R
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Portal Three Kingdoms
- Price
- $1.62
- EDHREC rank
- #30680
Independent Troops puts a 3/3 creature token into play for each player who controls no creatures — immediate board presence scaled to the table, delivered in one card. At four mana in white, that's a strong rate whenever two or more opponents are locked out of creatures.
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 |
In Commander, Independent Troops rewards threat assessment: if you've stabilized or reset the board and opponents haven't, it can produce three tokens off a single spell at a four-player table. In Pauper, where creature-light control shells are real, it can punch above its weight as a finisher or recovery tool. Legacy and Vintage can run it legally but have no incentive — those formats don't reward sorcery-speed conditional token production. The sweet spot for Independent Troops is any multiplayer context where board states diverge regularly.
Key Combos
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Price Context
Current price
$1.62 cheap tier
At $1.62, Independent Troops sits in the casual-staple price tier — cheap enough to throw in without deliberation. Demand is narrow enough that the price is unlikely to climb, but it's not bulk either.
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Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.