Salt Road Quartermasters
Creature — Human Soldier
This creature enters with two +1/+1 counters on it.
, Remove a +1/+1 counter from this creature: Put a +1/+1 counter on target creature.
- CMC
- 3
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- G
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Dragons of Tarkir
- Price
- $0.04
- EDHREC rank
- #28022
Salt Road Quartermasters enters with two +1/+1 counters on itself and can spend them to load counters onto your other creatures — that's a slow, body-dependent form of distribution that asks too much for a four-mana 1/1. It belongs in dedicated +1/+1 counter decks and nowhere else.
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 |
Salt Road Quartermasters is a Commander card — the 100-card singleton format is the only place its slow, incremental counter distribution finds a supportive shell. In Modern and Legacy, a four-mana 1/1 with a tap ability is unplayable on rate, and Pioneer offers nothing to redeem it either. Commander is the one format where dedicated +1/+1 counter synergies — proliferate, doubling effects, Hamza cost reduction — give Salt Road Quartermasters a narrow but real role.
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Price Context
Current price
$0.04 bulk tier
At $0.04, Salt Road Quartermasters is deep bulk — floor pricing for a card with a thin competitive resume. That price is stable; there's no demand pressure to push it higher, and it's easy to pick up in any bulk common-and-uncommon lot.
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Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.