Valiant Rescuer

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Valiant Rescuer: Creature - Human Soldier, Ikoria: Lair of Behemoths. MTG card printings, market prices, rulings, and format legality on Mana Grove.

Mana cost
{1}{W}
Mana value
2
Type
Creature - Human Soldier
Colour identity
White (W)
Power / toughness
3/1
Rarity
Uncommon
Set
Ikoria: Lair of Behemoths (IKO)
Released
2020-04-24
Collector number
36
Artist
Bram Sels
Commander rank
12,323 (by how often it appears in Commander decks)
Keywords
Cycling

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About Valiant Rescuer

Valiant Rescuer is a Magic: The Gathering card, an uncommon white creature from Ikoria: Lair of Behemoths (IKO), an expansion set released in April 2020. It is collector number 36 in that set, with art by Bram Sels. It costs {1}{W} (one generic and one white mana) to cast, for a mana value of 2. It is a 3/1 creature. Its colour identity is white. It is legal in Pioneer, Modern, Legacy, Vintage, Commander, Duel Commander, Oathbreaker, Brawl, Historic, Timeless, Gladiator and Penny Dreadful. Ikoria: Lair of Behemoths is its only printing so far. The latest aggregated market price for this printing is $0.22 (normal finish, as of 2026-11-12).

Card text

Whenever you cycle another card for the first time each turn, create a 1/1 white Human Soldier creature token.

Cycling {2} ({2}, Discard this card: Draw a card.)

The floating city of Skysail has two rules: don't leave your crewmates behind, and don't mess with the guardrails.

Market price

Latest aggregated market price for the normal finish of this printing: $0.22 (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 Valiant Rescuer by format. Formats in which it is not legal are not listed.

PioneerLegal
ModernLegal
LegacyLegal
VintageLegal
CommanderLegal
Duel CommanderLegal
OathbreakerLegal
BrawlLegal
HistoricLegal
TimelessLegal
GladiatorLegal
Penny DreadfulLegal

Official rulings

Three official rulings apply to Valiant Rescuer, newest first.

  • You can cycle a card even if it has a triggered ability from cycling that won’t have a legal target. This is because the cycling ability and the triggered ability are separate. This also means that if either ability is countered (with Disallow, for example), the other ability will still resolve.
  • Some cards with cycling have an ability that triggers when you cycle them, and some cards have an ability that triggers whenever you cycle any card. These triggered abilities resolve before you draw from the cycling ability.
  • Triggered abilities from cycling a card and the cycling ability itself aren’t spells. Effects that interact with spells (such as that of Cancel) won’t affect them.

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