Soldier Replica
Artifact Creature — Soldier
, Sacrifice this creature: It deals 3 damage to target attacking or blocking creature.
- CMC
- 3
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- W
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Mirrodin
- Price
- $0.05
- EDHREC rank
- #30408
Soldier Replica trades itself for any creature on the board — pay one white mana, sacrifice it, destroy target creature. The cost of three mana to cast plus one to activate puts it firmly below rate for Commander, where unconditional instant-speed removal is abundant and cheaper.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | not legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
In Commander, Soldier Replica competes against a deep bench of efficient removal, and a four-mana investment spread across two turns is too slow for the effect. Pauper is the format where Soldier Replica has the most realistic home — the removal pool is shallow enough that a repeatable-style sacrifice outlet with upside gets a second look, though it still asks a lot for what it delivers. In Legacy and Vintage the card is legal but irrelevant; no competitive deck needs this effect at this cost when one-mana answers exist. Oathbreaker shares Commander's abundance of better options, so the calculus is the same.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.05 bulk tier
At $0.05, Soldier Replica is deep bulk — the kind of card that moves in bulk lots rather than individual purchases. That price is stable simply because demand is too low to push it anywhere.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.