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Soltari Foot Soldier

Creature — Soltari Soldier

Shadow (This creature can block or be blocked by only creatures with shadow.)

CMC
1
Mana cost
{W}
Color identity
W
Rarity
common
Set
Tempest
Price
$0.28
EDHREC rank
#14241
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Soltari Foot Soldier card art
Soltari Foot Soldier connects every turn through shadow — no blockers, no interference, just guaranteed combat damage — and it costs one mana. That makes it an ideal trigger engine for commanders like Marisi, Breaker of the Coil who need consistent hits to lock down combat, or Medomai the Ageless who needs a reliable delivery vehicle for extra turns.

Best Commanders

Commanders with the highest synergy

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Marisi, Breaker of the Coil

Marisi, Breaker of the Coil

44.1% of decks · synergy 0.43

Marisi, Breaker of the Coil needs at least one creature to connect each combat to goad every opponent's board, and Soltari Foot Soldier does that job for one mana regardless of how the defense lines up — freeing Marisi's attack to go wide without worrying about who blocks the trigger.

Format Analysis

Where it lives, where it can’t

FormatVerdict
commander legal
legacy legal
modern not legal
pioneer not legal
standard not legal
vintage legal
pauper legal
oathbreaker legal

Soltari Foot Soldier is legal in Commander, Legacy, Vintage, Pauper, and Oathbreaker — and Commander is where it sees real play, slotting into shadow-tribal and combat-trigger builds as a one-mana guaranteed connector. In Pauper it's a common, but a 1/1 shadow creature with no other text doesn't make the cut in a format where aggressive one-drops need to either grow or have an immediate impact on board state. Legacy and Vintage are non-starters — Soltari Foot Soldier is a roleplayer in Commander synergy decks, not a threat in formats defined by efficiency at every mana value.

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Price Context

Current price

$0.28 bulk tier

At $0.28, Soltari Foot Soldier is bulk — you're paying for function, not scarcity. It's a pick-up-and-forget include that won't fluctuate meaningfully unless a high-profile commander build pushes shadow synergies into the spotlight.

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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.