Tempered Veteran
Creature — Human Knight
, 
: Put a +1/+1 counter on target creature with a +1/+1 counter on it.
, : Put a +1/+1 counter on target creature.
- CMC
- 2
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- W
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Jumpstart 2022
- Price
- $0.17
- EDHREC rank
- #22113
Tempered Veteran turns every +1/+1 counter placed anywhere on your board into a free proliferate trigger, snowballing counters across every permanent you control. The cost is a two-mana 1/1 with no immediate impact — you're paying for the engine, not the body.
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 | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
In Commander, Tempered Veteran is a role-player in dedicated counter strategies — it does nothing without a shell that generates +1/+1 counters reliably, but inside that shell it chains proliferate triggers at a rate few two-drops can match. In Modern and Pioneer it's competing against faster threats and more focused synergy payoffs, so it rarely makes the cut outside fringe +1/+1 counter brews. Legacy and Vintage move too quickly for a 1/1 that needs setup to matter. Commander is unambiguously where Tempered Veteran belongs.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.17 bulk tier
At $0.17, Tempered Veteran is pure bulk — easy to acquire as a throw-in trade or a cheap singles order. Bulk proliferate pieces rarely spike unless a breakout commander pushes heavy counter synergy into the mainstream, so don't expect the price to move.
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.