Shu Soldier-Farmers
Creature — Human Soldier
When this creature enters, you gain 4 life.
- CMC
- 5
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- W
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Portal Three Kingdoms
- Price
- $7.23
- EDHREC rank
- #29868
Shu Soldier-Farmers is a five-mana 2/2 that taps to give you two Plains — on-board, that's modest at best, and the cost makes it unplayable in any competitive context. Run it only if you're building a Portal Three Kingdoms collection deck or need the specific Plains-fetching trigger for a niche engine.
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 Soldier-Farmers is legal in Commander, Legacy, Vintage, Pauper, and Oathbreaker, but legal doesn't mean playable. In Commander, five mana for a 2/2 with a tap ability that fetches basic Plains is far below the rate you need — Cultivate and Kodama's Reach do more for three mana. In Pauper, where every mana and body gets scrutinized, the rate is simply too poor to see play. Legacy and Vintage have access to every broken card ever printed, and Shu Soldier-Farmers competes with none of them.
Key Combos
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Budget Alternatives
Cheaper options that do most of the same work
If you want Plains-fetching on a creature, Pilgrim's Eye does it for three mana and finds any basic. Knight of the White Orchid pulls a Plains directly onto the battlefield for two mana in white-heavy shells — both options give you the effect at a better rate than Shu Soldier-Farmers without the five-mana tax.
Price Context
Current price
$7.23 mid tier
At $7.23, Shu Soldier-Farmers sits in mid-tier pricing driven entirely by Portal Three Kingdoms scarcity, not playability. The card's mechanical value doesn't support that price — you're paying for collector demand, and that premium won't translate to power at the table.
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.