Soldier of Fortune
Creature — Human Mercenary
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: Target player shuffles their library.
- CMC
- 1
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- R
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Alliances
- Price
- $0.46
- EDHREC rank
- #21235
Soldier of Fortune lets any player pay one mana and tap it to shuffle a target player's library — a repeatable, politically flexible effect stapled to a one-mana 1/1. It's a niche utility piece, not a staple, and earns its slot almost exclusively in decks that actively want to shuffle their own library or disrupt top-deck tutors.
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 |
In Commander, Soldier of Fortune occupies a narrow lane: it punishes opponents who just cracked a fetch or resolved a tutor to set up their top card, and it enables decks that want to reshuffle their own library on demand. Legacy and Vintage are the only other formats where it's legal, and neither has any reason to run it — the effect is too slow and too low-impact to compete in those environments. Commander is the only home where the politics of a shared shuffle effect and the occasional hate-piece role give Soldier of Fortune any real purpose.
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Price Context
Current price
$0.46 bulk tier
At $0.46, Soldier of Fortune is firmly bulk — the kind of card you pick up without thinking twice if the effect fits your deck. Demand is too narrow to expect the price to move meaningfully in either direction.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.