Renegade Troops
Creature — Human Soldier
Haste
- CMC
- 5
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- R
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Portal Three Kingdoms
- Price
- $2.71
- EDHREC rank
- #30982
Renegade Troops is a four-mana 3/3 with no enters-the-battlefield effect, no evasion, and no relevant text beyond being a creature — it does nothing the turn you play it and falls behind on stats immediately. Pass.
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 | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Renegade Troops is legal in Commander, Legacy, Vintage, and Oathbreaker, but legality is not a reason to play it. In Commander, a 3/3 for four with no text competes against hundreds of cards that trade the same mana for meaningful effects — it doesn't make the cut in any archetype. Legacy and Vintage move too fast for a vanilla creature at this rate. There is no competitive or casual context where Renegade Troops is the right card for the slot.
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Price Context
Current price
$2.71 cheap tier
At $2.71, Renegade Troops sits in the cheap tier despite offering no practical utility, likely driven by low supply on an old printing rather than demand. That price does not reflect playability — there are better creatures at every point on the mana curve for a fraction of the cost.
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.