Thraben Standard Bearer
Creature — Human Soldier
, 
, Discard a card: Create a 1/1 white Human Soldier creature token.
- CMC
- 1
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- W
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Jumpstart: Historic Horizons
- Price
- —
- EDHREC rank
- #23249
Thraben Standard Bearer trades a Human token for a loot — discard a card, draw a card — and does it at instant speed for one white mana as an activated ability. It's a niche role-player: efficient enough in graveyard-matters or Human-tribal shells, invisible everywhere else.
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 |
Thraben Standard Bearer sees the most play in Commander, where Human-tribal decks like Winota, Joiner of Forces or Kyler, Sigardian Emissary can use the token generation as incidental fodder while the loot filters toward combo pieces or land drops. In Pauper it's a common with a real niche — white rarely gets this kind of repeatable discard outlet, which matters for madness or reanimator strategies that operate at common rarity. Modern and Legacy have no real interest; the rate is too low to compete with purpose-built looting engines. Pioneer similarly has no home for it.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
unknown tier
Price data isn't available for Thraben Standard Bearer at the moment, but as a common with narrow appeal it almost certainly sits below $0.50 — likely bulk. Pick it up in a trade binder or grab a playset for pennies if you're building a Human-focused Commander list.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.