Sunlit Hoplite
Creature — Human Soldier
During your turn, this creature has first strike.
This creature gets +1/+0 as long as you control an Elspeth planeswalker.
- CMC
- 2
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- W
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Theros Beyond Death
- Price
- $0.11
- EDHREC rank
- #26904
Sunlit Hoplite is a two-mana 2/1 that pumps your other attacking Soldiers whenever it attacks — relevant only if you're running a Soldier tribal strategy, irrelevant everywhere else. It's a linear payoff with no floor outside its archetype.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Sunlit Hoplite is narrow enough that it earns a slot only in dedicated Soldier tribal builds, and Commander is where those decks actually exist at meaningful density. In Pauper it competes with a deep bench of efficient white commons and doesn't clear the bar for most aggressive shells. Modern and Pioneer have Soldier synergies, but the card's ceiling — a passive pump on attack — doesn't match what those formats demand for a two-drop. Legacy and Vintage ignore it entirely.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.11 bulk tier
At $0.11, Sunlit Hoplite is pure bulk — grab a copy when you're sleeving up a Soldier deck without a second thought. Bulk tribal payoffs at this price point don't appreciate unless a commander breaks the archetype wide open, so treat it as a throw-in, not a pickup.
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.