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Recruit the Worthy

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Buyback {3} (You may pay an additional {3} as you cast this spell. If you do, put this card into your hand as it resolves.)
Create a 1/1 white Soldier creature token.

CMC
1
Mana cost
{W}
Color identity
W
Rarity
common
Set
Modern Horizons
Price
$0.17
EDHREC rank
#16953
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Recruit the Worthy card art
Recruit the Worthy creates a 1/1 white Soldier token with lifelink when it enters — and then does it again every time a land enters under your control for the rest of the game. Avatar Aang // Aang, Master of Elements and any commander that floods the board through land drops will run this as an engine, not a one-shot.

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 legal
oathbreaker legal

In Commander, Recruit the Worthy is a build-around enchantment rather than a slot-filler — it needs consistent land drops to pay off, which makes it excellent in Landfall shells and mediocre everywhere else. Pauper is the other format worth noting: at common, it plugs directly into token or lifegain synergy decks that can abuse it over multiple turns. Legacy, Vintage, and Modern are theoretically legal but have no practical interest in a three-mana enchantment that makes 1/1s; the card simply doesn't scale to those formats' speed. Oathbreaker mirrors the Commander read — strong in the right shell, irrelevant outside it.

Key Combos

Combo lines featuring this card

195 decks
Avatar Aang // Aang, Master of ElementsRecruit the Worthy

Avatar Aang // Aang, Master of ElementsRecruit the Worthy

Infinite ETB; Infinite storm count; Infinite creature tokens; Infinite magecraft triggers

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Price Context

Current price

$0.17 bulk tier

At $0.17, Recruit the Worthy is deep bulk — you're paying for cardboard and nothing else. Bulk enchantments with narrow synergy windows rarely climb unless a commander breaks them wide open, so treat it as a free include if you already need it, not a pickup to stash for later.

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