If an instant or sorcery card is discarded while Dryad Militant is on the battlefield, abilities that function when a card is discarded (such as madness) still work, even though that card never reaches a graveyard. In addition, spells or abilities that check the characteristics of a discarded card (such as Chandra Ablaze's first ability) can find that card in exile.
If an instant or sorcery spell destroys Dryad Militant directly (like Murder does), that instant or sorcery card will be put into its owner's graveyard. However, if an instant or sorcery card deals lethal damage to Dryad Militant, Dryad Militant will remain on the battlefield until the next time state-based actions are checked, which is after the instant or sorcery finishes resolving. The instant or sorcery will be exiled.
This printing is one of 2 catalogued treatments from PRM — the lineup includes Foil 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 #46267 of *Magic Online Promos*, the promotional run that shipped alongside the January 2013 Magic Online release.
Card type: Creature — Dryad Soldier, color identity green/white, printed at uncommon. Uncommons fill the middle-tier slots in a standard booster configuration. Mana cost: {G/W} (1 converted).
Legal across the major constructed formats — Modern, Legacy, Vintage, and Commander — plus Standard rotation play.
EDHrec ranks this card #18,258 in Commander, putting it in the fringe-play tier of the format's playable pool.
Illustrated by Terese Nielsen. Rarix catalogs 617 other cards credited to this artist.
Magic: The Gathering · ™ & © Wizards of the Coast · Illus. Terese Nielsen
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