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Patrol Signaler

Creature — Kithkin Soldier

{1}{W}, {Q}: Create a 1/1 white Kithkin Soldier creature token. ({Q} is the untap symbol.)

CMC
2
Mana cost
{1}{W}
Color identity
W
Rarity
uncommon
Set
Eventide
Price
$0.48
EDHREC rank
#16181
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Patrol Signaler card art
Patrol Signaler taps to create a 1/1 Kithkin Soldier token whenever you tap a creature for mana — and in the right shell, that's a repeatable token engine stapled to your mana base. The cost is real: it does nothing without creatures that tap for mana, so outside Earthcraft or Brigid, Clachan's Heart lines it's a blank.

Best Commanders

Commanders with the highest synergy

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Brigid, Clachan's Heart

21.0% of decks · synergy 0.21

Brigid, Clachan's Heart turns every Kithkin tap into mana, so Patrol Signaler's tokens immediately feed back into the engine — tap a Soldier for mana, make another Soldier, tap that one too, and the loop becomes self-sustaining with enough pieces in play.

Format Analysis

Where it lives, where it can’t

FormatVerdict
commander legal
legacy legal
modern legal
pioneer not legal
standard not legal
vintage legal
pauper not legal
oathbreaker legal

Patrol Signaler is legal in Commander, Legacy, Modern, Vintage, and Oathbreaker, but it only shows up meaningfully in Commander. Legacy and Vintage have no interest in a three-mana 2/2 whose value is conditional on an Earthcraft-style setup, and Modern has faster, more consistent token engines. In Commander, Patrol Signaler finds a real home in Kithkin tribal and token-go-wide builds that already run creature-taps-for-mana effects — outside that niche, it stays in the binder.

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Price Context

Current price

$0.48 bulk tier

At $0.48, Patrol Signaler is bulk — low enough that picking up a copy carries zero financial risk. It's a narrow card with a small target audience, so don't expect the price to move unless a new commander pushes Kithkin or Earthcraft strategies into the spotlight.

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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.