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◇ Catalog #196

Favored Hoplite

j25·#196·uncommon·nonfoil

Illus. Winona Nelson

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Nov '24

1 yr ago

Value

$0.33+$0 (+4.2%)

30 days high $0.34 · low $0.31

NM$0.33

LP—

MP—

HP—

DMG—

$0.30–$0.35modeled

30 days ago
today

90-dayhigh $0.33low $0.22range 50.0%n 56

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Played in EDH

EDHrec rank #18,817 · Fringe play

Variants

Nonfoil$0.33

Gameplay

Creature — Human Soldier

Heroic — Whenever you cast a spell that targets this creature, put a +1/+1 counter on this creature and prevent all damage that would be dealt to it this turn.

1/2

Legalities

tlrlegal

duellegal

brawllegal

pennylegal

PreDH

Rulings · 3

2013-09-15wotc

Heroic abilities will trigger only once per spell, even if that spell targets the creature with the heroic ability multiple times.

2013-09-15wotc

Heroic abilities won't trigger when a copy of a spell is created on the stack or when a spell's targets are changed to include a creature with a heroic ability.

2013-09-15wotc

Heroic abilities will resolve before the spell that caused them to trigger.

Context

Last observed on Scryfall 2 months ago at $0.33. Over the trailing 90 days the price moved between $0.22 and $0.33 across 56 observations. Cross-checked across TCGplayer, eBay sold, Cardmarket EU, and Star City.

This printing is one of 2 catalogued treatments from J25 — the lineup includes Nonfoil alongside the standard finish. Across our catalog the Rarix library tracks every variant in the same family so collectors can compare price, scarcity and demand inside a single lineage.

Card #196 of *Foundations Jumpstart*, the set that shipped alongside the November 2024 Foundations Jumpstart release.

Card type: Creature — Human Soldier, color identity white, printed at uncommon. Uncommons fill the middle-tier slots in a standard booster configuration. Mana cost: {W} (1 converted). Keyword abilities: Heroic.

Legal across the major constructed formats — Modern, Legacy, Vintage, and Commander — plus Standard rotation play.

EDHrec ranks this card #18,817 in Commander, putting it in the fringe-play tier of the format's playable pool.

Illustrated by Winona Nelson. Rarix catalogs 608 other cards credited to this artist.