Veteran Swordsmith
Creature — Human Soldier
Other Soldier creatures you control get +1/+0.
- CMC
- 3
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- W
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Magic 2010
- Price
- $0.17
- EDHREC rank
- #17790
Veteran Swordsmith pumps all your other Soldiers by +1/+0 — a static anthem that snowballs in go-wide Soldier builds. The cost is that it does nothing outside creature-type synergy and folds immediately to the removal that already targets your board.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | not legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Veteran Swordsmith is a Commander card through and through — the 100-card singleton format gives Soldier tribal enough density to make a static anthem relevant, and commanders like Thalia's Lieutenant or Myrel, Shield of Argive reward exactly this kind of redundant buff. In Pauper it's technically legal but outclassed by more efficient tribal pieces at the same slot. Legacy, Vintage, and Modern have no competitive Soldier shell that wants a 2/2 for two doing anthem work at common rate — it simply doesn't appear there.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.17 bulk tier
At $0.17, Veteran Swordsmith is deep bulk — the kind of card you pull from a common box rather than order. Bulk commons with narrow tribal applications don't appreciate; this stays at floor price indefinitely.
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.