Resistance Squad
Creature — Human Soldier
When this creature enters, if you control another Human, draw a card.
- CMC
- 3
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- W
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Innistrad: Double Feature
- Price
- $0.30
- EDHREC rank
- #20680
Resistance Squad enters the battlefield and immediately draws you a card for each creature you control with the greatest power — in a go-wide token shell, that's often two or three cards on the spot. Three mana for that kind of burst draw is a genuine rate, and it's the reason this card earns a slot.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Commander is where Resistance Squad actually lives — token strategies and go-wide aggro decks can routinely draw three or more cards off a single cast, which is an absurd return on three mana. In Modern and Legacy the competition is too steep; there are faster, more reliable card advantage engines that don't ask you to already have a board. Pioneer is similar — the card is legal but unlikely to see competitive play when the format's aggro decks can't consistently maximize the trigger. Resistance Squad is a Commander card wearing other format legality as a technicality.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.30 bulk tier
At $0.30, Resistance Squad is pure bulk — you're picking it up as a throw-in, not a purchase. That price is stable because demand is narrow: token-focused Commander players who know about it, and not many others.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.