Soltari Champion
Creature — Soltari Soldier
Shadow (This creature can block or be blocked by only creatures with shadow.)
Whenever this creature attacks, other creatures you control get +1/+1 until end of turn.
- CMC
- 3
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- W
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- Stronghold
- Price
- $2.30
- EDHREC rank
- #16941
Soltari Champion pumps your entire attacking team each time it connects — and because it has shadow, it connects almost every turn against decks that don't also run shadow creatures. Marisi, Breaker of the Coil is the natural home: a guaranteed combat trigger forces goad on the table while the Champion quietly grows your board into a lethal swing.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Marisi, Breaker of the Coil
Marisi, Breaker of the Coil needs a creature that deals combat damage reliably, and Soltari Champion's shadow makes it the most consistent goad trigger in the deck — every attack that lands buffs your whole board and locks down an opponent's creature simultaneously.
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, Soltari Champion earns its slot in any Naya or Mardu go-wide strategy that wants a reliable damage trigger — shadow effectively blanks most blockers at a table full of ground creatures, and the pump stacks fast in a multiplayer combat step. Legacy is the only constructed format where it's legal and has ever seen play, and even there the shadow gameplan was always a niche aggro angle rather than a staple. Vintage legality is technically true but practically irrelevant. Soltari Champion is a Commander card through and through — its value scales directly with how many attackers you already have, and multiplayer combat gives it far more opportunities to fire than any 1v1 format would.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$2.30 cheap tier
At $2.30, Soltari Champion sits at the low end of the cheap tier — fair for a card with a narrow but real niche in Commander shadow and combat-trigger builds. It's not a card with broad demand, so the price is stable rather than poised to move in either direction.
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.