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Heavy Infantry

Creature — Human Soldier4 generic manaWhite mana

A 3/4 for five that taps a blocker on the way in: tempo wearing the costume of a body, not removal. The enter trigger taps one creature an opponent controls, and because the card has no flash, the honest use is offensive rather than defensive. Land it on your own turn, peel a blocker out of the way, and connect for full power; that tapped creature untaps well before your opponent's combat, so this is not a way to stop an incoming attacker. The tap is a one-time sweetener stapled to the front, not a lock: it does not stick, it does not fire again, and it buys exactly one clear attack step. What ages well is the 3/4, a body sturdy enough to survive most early removal and to trade upward in combat, which is more of the card's long-term value than the trigger. This is workmanlike filler for white beatdown near the top of its curve, a common-rarity template for the aggressive deck that wants a durable body and a free swing on the turn it arrives. It asks nothing of your deck and rewards nothing in particular in return: play it, tap a blocker, attack. Plenty of creatures do this same job with sharper edges; few do it as plainly.

Heavy Infantry (ori)
ORI · #18common
Pricing
Normal: $0.10
Foil: $0.05
Oracle Text

Rules text

When this creature enters, tap target creature an opponent controls.
Legalities

Format Status

Standard
N/A
Pioneer
Legal
Modern
Legal
Legacy
Legal
Vintage
Legal
Commander
Legal
Pauper
Legal
Brawl
N/A
Historic
N/A
Alchemy
N/A
Timeless
N/A
Standard Brawl
N/A
More formats
Old School
N/A
Premodern
N/A
PreDH
N/A
Pauper Commander
Legal
Oathbreaker
Legal
Gladiator
N/A
Penny Dreadful
N/A
Duel Commander
Legal
Future Standard
N/A
COMPETITIVEBRAWL
N/A
TLR
N/A
Printings elsewhere

Other printings

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