The Foretold Soldier

The Foretold Soldier card image

The Foretold Soldier: Creature - Alien Zombie Soldier, Doctor Who. This creature must be blocked if able. Printings, prices, and format legality on Mana Grove.

Mana cost
{2}{G}{G}
Mana value
4
Type
Creature - Alien Zombie Soldier
Colour identity
Green (G)
Power / toughness
6/6
Rarity
Rare
Set
Doctor Who (WHO)
Released
2023-10-13
Collector number
102
Artist
Fajareka Setiawan
Commander rank
9,930 (by how often it appears in Commander decks)
Keywords
Foretell

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About The Foretold Soldier

The Foretold Soldier is a Magic: The Gathering card, a rare green creature from Doctor Who (WHO), a Commander product released in October 2023. It is collector number 102 in that set, with art by Fajareka Setiawan. It costs {2}{G}{G} (two generic and two green mana) to cast, for a mana value of 4. It is a 6/6 creature. Its colour identity is green. It is legal in Legacy, Vintage, Commander, Duel Commander and Oathbreaker. Doctor Who is its only printing so far. The latest aggregated market price for this printing is $0.35 (normal finish, as of 2026-11-12).

Card text

This creature must be blocked if able.

This creature can't be blocked by more than one creature.

Whenever this creature deals damage, exile it face down. It becomes foretold.

Foretell {1}{G} (During your turn, you may pay {2} and exile this card from your hand face down. Cast it on a later turn for its foretell cost.)

Market price

Latest aggregated market price for the normal finish of this printing: $0.35 (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 The Foretold Soldier by format. Formats in which it is not legal are not listed.

LegacyLegal
VintageLegal
CommanderLegal
Duel CommanderLegal
OathbreakerLegal

Other printings of The Foretold Soldier

The other printings are listed newest first, with the rarity and release year of each.

PrintingRarityYear
Doctor Who (WHO) #395Rare2023
Doctor Who (WHO) #707Rare2023
Doctor Who (WHO) #986Rare2023

Official rulings

Four official rulings apply to The Foretold Soldier, newest first.

  • If a card is a copy of The Foretold Soldier on the battlefield, it can be exiled by the triggered ability and will become foretold. However, it may only be cast this way if it has a foretell cost in exile.
  • Because exiling a card with foretell from your hand is a special action, you can do so any time you have priority during your turn, including in response to spells and abilities. Once you announce you're taking the action, no other player can respond by trying to remove the card from your hand.
  • Regardless of who controlled The Foretold Soldier and exiled it with its triggered ability, only its owner may cast it from exile this way.
  • Casting a foretold card from exile follows the timing rules for that card. If you foretell an instant card, you can cast it as soon as the next player's turn. In most cases, if you foretell a card that isn't an instant (like The Foretold Soldier), you'll have to wait until your next turn to cast it.

Similar cards

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

In these precons

The Foretold Soldier is in the decklist of these preconstructed Commander decks.

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