Straw Soldiers
Creature — Scarecrow Soldier
- CMC
- 2
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- U
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Portal Three Kingdoms
- Price
- $2.88
- EDHREC rank
- #27408
Straw Soldiers is a four-mana 2/2 with no relevant abilities — the floor for a creature in any competitive context. Nearly every format has better options at this cost, and Commander certainly does.
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 |
Straw Soldiers is legal in Commander, Legacy, Vintage, Pauper, and Oathbreaker, but legality and playability are different things. In Commander, a vanilla 2/2 for four mana is unplayable — the format's power level demands that every slot justify itself, and Straw Soldiers offers no enters-the-battlefield effect, no keyword, no synergy hook. Pauper is the one format where bulk commons occasionally find niche defensive roles, but even there a 2/2 for four competes poorly against commons with real text. Legacy and Vintage are non-starters.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$2.88 cheap tier
At $2.88, Straw Soldiers sits in a genuinely odd spot — the price reflects collector or nostalgia demand, not gameplay value. That price is unlikely to be justified by any competitive use case, so treat it as a curiosity acquisition rather than a functional deckbuilding purchase.
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Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.