Soltari Foot Soldier

Soltari Foot Soldier card image

Soltari Foot Soldier: Creature - Soltari Soldier, Tempest. Shadow. MTG card printings, market prices, rulings, and format legality on Mana Grove.

Mana cost
{W}
Mana value
1
Type
Creature - Soltari Soldier
Colour identity
White (W)
Power / toughness
1/1
Rarity
Common
Set
Tempest (TMP)
Released
1997-10-14
Collector number
43
Artist
Janet Aulisio
Commander rank
14,078 (by how often it appears in Commander decks)
Keywords
Shadow

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About Soltari Foot Soldier

Soltari Foot Soldier is a Magic: The Gathering card, a common white creature from Tempest (TMP), an expansion set released in October 1997. It is collector number 43 in that set, with art by Janet Aulisio. It costs {W} (one white mana) to cast, for a mana value of 1. It is a 1/1 creature. Its colour identity is white. It is legal in Legacy, Vintage, Pauper, Premodern, Commander, Duel Commander, Oathbreaker, Pauper Commander and PreDH. It has been printed in 2 sets. The latest aggregated market price for this printing is $0.29 (normal finish, as of 2026-11-12).

Card text

Shadow (This creature can block or be blocked by only creatures with shadow.)

"Children of the Ruins, raised to be warriors, know that life begins when another speaks their names." -Soltari *Tales of Life*

Market price

Latest aggregated market price for the normal finish of this printing: $0.29 (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 Soltari Foot Soldier by format. Formats in which it is not legal are not listed.

LegacyLegal
VintageLegal
PauperLegal
PremodernLegal
CommanderLegal
Duel CommanderLegal
OathbreakerLegal
Pauper CommanderLegal
PreDHLegal

Other printings of Soltari Foot Soldier

Soltari Foot Soldier has been printed in 2 sets. The other printings are listed newest first, with the rarity and release year of each.

PrintingRarityYear
Battle Royale Box Set (BRB) #74Common1999

Official rulings

Three official rulings apply to Soltari Foot Soldier, newest first.

  • Once a creature has been blocked, that creature remains blocked and will deal and be dealt combat damage even if it gains or loses shadow or if the blocking creature gains or loses shadow.
  • Multiple instances of shadow on the same creature are redundant.
  • If an attacking creature has multiple evasion abilities, such as shadow and flying, a creature can block it only if that creature satisfies all of the appropriate evasion abilities.

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