MTG · Card

◇ Catalog #24

Shu Elite Companions

DIGITAL ONLY

me3·#24·common·foil

Illus. Qiao Dafu

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wishlisted

Sep '09

17 yr ago

Played in EDH

EDHrec rank #26,992 · Fringe play

Variants

Foil$0.06

Nonfoil$0.06

Gameplay

Creature — Human Soldier

Horsemanship (This creature can't be blocked except by creatures with horsemanship.)

Throughout the three kingdoms, important generals were often guarded by small groups of expert soldiers known as "elite companions."

3/3

Legalities

tlrnot legal

duellegal

brawlnot legal

pennylegal

PreDH

Rulings · 1

2009-10-01wotc

Despite the similarities between horsemanship and flying, horsemanship doesn’t interact with flying or reach.

Context

This printing is one of 3 catalogued treatments from ME3 — the lineup includes Foil and 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 #24 of *Masters Edition III*, the set that shipped alongside the September 2009 Masters Edition III release.

Card type: Creature — Human Soldier, color identity white, printed at common. Commons fill the bulk of a booster pack's volume. Mana cost: {4}{W} (5 converted). Keyword abilities: Horsemanship.

Legal in Legacy, Vintage, Commander, and Pauper.

EDHrec ranks this card #26,992 in Commander, putting it in the fringe-play tier of the format's playable pool.

Illustrated by Qiao Dafu. Rarix catalogs 25 other cards credited to this artist.