Infantry Veteran
Creature — Human Soldier
: Target attacking creature gets +1/+1 until end of turn.
- CMC
- 1
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- W
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Magic 2011
- Price
- $0.06
- EDHREC rank
- #25575
Infantry Veteran is a one-mana 1/1 that taps to give an attacking creature +1/+0 until end of turn — a marginal combat trick stapled to a fragile body. It sees play only in dedicated go-wide white weenie builds that need every pump effect they can find, and even there it's near the bottom of the list.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | not legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
In Commander, Infantry Veteran is too slow and too small — a one-shot pump per turn cycle does nothing to close games at a 40-life table against three opponents. Pauper is its most natural home, where white weenie decks can actually leverage repeated +1/+0 boosts in a race, though better options exist even there. Legacy and Vintage are non-starters; the card simply doesn't compete at those power levels. Infantry Veteran is a common in the strictest sense: inexpensive, functional, and outclassed.
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Price Context
Current price
$0.06 bulk tier
At $0.06, Infantry Veteran is deep bulk — you're buying it out of a commons box, not a single sleeve. There's no price floor to fall through and no realistic upside; it stays at this tier indefinitely.
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Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.