Soldier

Soldier is a creature class. Soldiers are trained combatants who are part of a formal army. They are tough and disciplined, adept at fighting in concert and overwhelming the enemy. The subtype was first featured on Icatian cards of Fallen Empires, but Benalish Hero from Alpha and several other early cards have retroactively become Soldiers, as well.

Description

Many soldiers have first strike, vigilance or other combat-oriented abilities. Most soldiers are white, though a large minority are blue or red, and a few green and black soldiers have been printed as well. In the Grand Creature Type Update the subtypes Avenger (Righteous Avengers), Hero (Benalish Hero), Legionnaire (Akron Legionnaire), Pikeman (Pikemen) and Squire (Squire) were incorporated into the Soldier class.

Soldier Organizations

• The Order
• Kentsu
• Wojek League

Notable Soldiers

• Anthanor
• Agrus Kos
• Commander Eesha
• Fonn Zunich
• Gerrard Capashen
• General Jarkeld
• Gideon Jura
• King Darien
• Lieutenant Kirtar
• Major Teroh
• Myczil Zunich
• Raksha
• Rashida Scalebane
• Sisay
• Torsten Von Ursus

Soldier tokens

More than 30 cards produce Soldier tokens, which makes the Soldier token the second most common one, after saprolings.

Token	Color	Type	P/T	Additional Rules	Source	Printings
Bird Soldier	White	Creature — Bird Soldier	1/1	Flying	Flurry of Wings
Cat Soldier	White	Creature — Cat Soldier	1/1	Vigilance	Brimaz, King of Oreskos Vanguard of Brimaz
Goblin Soldier	Red/White	Creature — Goblin Soldier	1/1		Goblin Trenches Rise of the Hobgoblins
Human Soldier	White	Creature — Human Soldier	1/1		Sigarda, Heron's Grace Strength of Arms Thraben Standard Bearer Ulvenwald Mysteries
Kithkin Soldier	White	Creature — Kithkin Soldier	1/1		Cenn's Enlistment Cloudgoat Ranger Guardian of Cloverdell Gwyllion Hedge-Mage Kinsbaile Borderguard Militia's Pride Patrol Signaler Repel Intruders
Kithkin Soldier named Goldmeadow Harrier	White	Creature — Kithkin Soldier	1/1	, : Tap target creature.	Goldmeadow Lookout
Kor Soldier	White	Creature — Kor Soldier	1/1		Conqueror's Pledge Nahiri, the Lithomancer Nomads' Assembly
Soldier	Red	Creature — Soldier	1/1	Haste	Akroan Crusader
	Red/White	Creature — Soldier	1/1	Haste	Assemble the Legion Blaze Commando Sunhome Guildmage
	White	Creature — Soldier	1/1		Akroan Horse Alliance of Arms Attended Knight Bant Sojourners Benalish Commander Captain of the Watch Captain's Call Darien, King of Kjeldor Decree of Justice Deploy to the Front Elspeth Tirel Elspeth, Knight-Errant Elspeth, Sun's Champion Evangel of Heliod Even the Odds First Response Hero of Bladehold Heroic Reinforcements Kjeldoran Outpost Knight-Captain of Eos Launch the Fleet Lena, Selfless Champion Lieutenants of the Guard Martial Coup Memorial to Glory Mobilization Murder Investigation Precinct Captain Raise the Alarm Security Detail Sergeant-at-Arms Stormfront Riders Throne of Empires Timely Reinforcements
	White	Creature — Soldier	1/2	Defender	Hold the Perimeter
	White	Enchantment Creature — Soldier	1/1		God-Favored General
	White	Creature — Soldier	1/1	Lifelink	Dawn of Hope Emmara, Soul of the Accord Haazda Marshal Hunted Witness March of the Multitudes Ledev Champion Sworn Companions Trostani Discordant
	White	Creature — Soldier	2/2	Vigilance	Finale of Glory
Soldier Ally	White	Creature — Soldier Ally	1/1		Join the Ranks
Rhino Soldier named Mirror-Sigil Sergeant	White	Creature — Rhino Soldier	4/4	Trample At the beginning of your upkeep, if you control a blue permanent, you may put a token that's a copy of Mirror-Sigil Sergeant onto the battlefield.	Mirror-Sigil Sergeant
Zombie Bird Soldier named Oketra's Attendant	White	Creature — Zombie Bird Soldier	3/3	Flying	Oketra's Attendant

• Soldier (Unglued) with unspecified power and toughness.

Tribal type

• Morningtide featured Veteran's Armaments, an equipment only usable on Soldiers.
• Ballyrush Banneret makes Soldier spells cheaper.

Soldier manlands, enchantments and artifacts

Soldiers are created by:

• Boros Keyrune (1/1 red and white Soldier artifact creature with double strike.)
• Forbidding Watchtower (1/5 white Soldier)
• Opal Acrolith (2/4 white Soldier)
• Opal Avenger (3/5 white Soldier)
• Opal Caryatid (2/2 white Soldier)

Trivia

• Gideon Jura can become a 6/6 Human Soldier.
• Gideon, Champion of Justice can become an indestructible Human Soldier creature with power and toughness each equal to the number of loyalty counters on him.
• Daru Stinger gained the Human race in the Grand Creature Type Update, but it was removed later because it made the card substantially better than it was designed. Thus, it is the only Soldier without a race in it's type line.