Captain of the Watch

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Captain of the Watch: Creature - Human Soldier, Duel Decks: Elspeth vs. Kiora. MTG card printings, market prices, rulings, and format legality on Mana Grove.

Mana cost
{4}{W}{W}
Mana value
6
Type
Creature - Human Soldier
Colour identity
White (W)
Power / toughness
3/3
Rarity
Rare
Set
Duel Decks: Elspeth vs. Kiora (DDO)
Released
2015-02-27
Collector number
3
Artist
Greg Staples
Commander rank
3,883 (by how often it appears in Commander decks)
Keywords
Vigilance

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About Captain of the Watch

Captain of the Watch is a Magic: The Gathering card, a rare white creature from Duel Decks: Elspeth vs. Kiora (DDO), a Duel Decks release released in February 2015. It is collector number 3 in that set, with art by Greg Staples. It costs {4}{W}{W} (four generic and two white mana) to cast, for a mana value of 6. It is a 3/3 creature. Its colour identity is white. It is legal in Modern, Legacy, Vintage, Commander, Duel Commander, Oathbreaker, PreDH and Penny Dreadful. It has been printed in 5 sets, from Magic 2010 (2009) to Fallout (2024). The latest aggregated market price for this printing is $0.50 (normal finish, as of 2026-11-12).

Card text

Vigilance (Attacking doesn't cause this creature to tap.)

Other Soldier creatures you control get +1/+1 and have vigilance.

When this creature enters, create three 1/1 white Soldier creature tokens.

Market price

Latest aggregated market price for the normal finish of this printing: $0.50 (as of 2026-11-12).

The figure covers this printing only; other printings carry their own price on their own page.

Format legality

Legality of Captain of the Watch by format. Formats in which it is not legal are not listed.

ModernLegal
LegacyLegal
VintageLegal
CommanderLegal
Duel CommanderLegal
OathbreakerLegal
PreDHLegal
Penny DreadfulLegal

Other printings of Captain of the Watch

Captain of the Watch has been printed in 5 sets. The other printings are listed newest first, with the rarity and release year of each.

PrintingRarityYear
Fallout (PIP) #157Rare2024
Fallout (PIP) #448Rare2024
Fallout (PIP) #685Rare2024
Fallout (PIP) #976Rare2024
Game Night: Free-for-All (GN3) #8Rare2022
Magic 2013 (M13) #8Rare2012
Magic 2010 (M10) #6Rare2009

Official rulings

One official ruling applies to Captain of the Watch.

  • Captain of the Watch grants +1/+1 and vigilance to all other Soldier creatures you control, not just the ones its ability puts onto the battlefield.

Similar cards

Other creature cards with a white colour identity, ranked by how often they appear in Commander decks.

In these precons

Captain of the Watch is in the decklist of these preconstructed Commander decks.

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