Porcelain Legionnaire
Artifact Creature — Phyrexian Soldier
(
can be paid with either 
or 2 life.)
First strike
- CMC
- 3
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- W
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- New Phyrexia
- Price
- $0.15
- EDHREC rank
- #23847
Porcelain Legionnaire puts a 3/1 first striker on the board for two mana — the catch is that one of those mana must be either white or a point of life, which means any non-white deck pays in blood. Efficient enough for aggressive formats, but the hybrid life cost is a real constraint that narrows where it earns a slot.
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 |
Pauper is where Porcelain Legionnaire actually sees play — a 3/1 first striker at common is legitimately above the rate curve for that format, and the life payment is trivial in aggressive shells that end games quickly. In Legacy and Vintage it's outclassed by format staples and never sees a sleeve. Commander is the trickiest read: the card is legal and cheap, but 100-card singleton games go long, life totals start at 40, and a vanilla 3/1 with first strike doesn't generate value or close games by itself, so it rarely earns a spot outside dedicated artifact-creature or Soldier-typal builds.
Key Combos
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Price Context
Current price
$0.15 bulk tier
At $0.15, Porcelain Legionnaire is deep bulk — the kind of card you pull from a common box without thinking twice. Don't expect movement; it's a functional common with a narrow home, and supply is permanent.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.