Shu Foot Soldiers
Creature — Human Soldier
- CMC
- 3
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- W
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Portal Three Kingdoms
- Price
- $1.20
- EDHREC rank
- #29916
Shu Foot Soldiers is a 3/3 vanilla creature for five mana — no abilities, no upside, nothing that changes the board beyond its stats. That rate is unplayable in any competitive context.
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 | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Shu Foot Soldiers is legal in Commander, Legacy, Vintage, Pauper, and Oathbreaker, but legal doesn't mean playable. In Commander, a 3/3 for five with no text doesn't threaten anything and gets outclassed by turn three. Pauper is the only format where vanilla creatures occasionally see fringe play, but even there the bar is efficiency, and a five-mana 3/3 doesn't clear it. Legacy and Vintage have access to the most powerful cards ever printed — Shu Foot Soldiers has no place in either.
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Price Context
Current price
$1.20 cheap tier
At $1.20, Shu Foot Soldiers sits in a price tier its playability doesn't support — this is a bulk rare in all but name, and that dollar figure reflects collector or nostalgia demand rather than competitive use. Don't expect the price to anchor; there's no deck that needs this card.
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.