First printed in Modern Horizons 2 (2021)
Artifact Creature — Soldier
, Remove X +1/+1 counters from this creature: It deals X damage to target attacking or blocking creature.
Modular 1 (This creature enters with a +1/+1 counter on it. When it dies, you may put its +1/+1 counters on target artifact creature.)
0/1
- Illustrated by
- Eric Deschamps
Legality
- Legal in
- Modern, Legacy, Vintage, Commander, Duel Commander, Tiny Leaders, Oathbreaker
- Not legal in
- Standard, Pioneer, Pauper, Future Standard, Historic, Timeless, Alchemy, Penny Dreadful, Premodern, Old School 93/94, Gladiator, Pauper Commander, PreDH, Brawl, Standard Brawl, Competitive Brawl
Rulings (3)
- If this creature gets enough -1/-1 counters put on it to cause it to go to the graveyard, modular will put a number of +1/+1 counters on the target artifact creature equal to the number of +1/+1 counters on this creature before it left the battlefield.
- If this creature gets enough -1/-1 counters put on it to cause it to go to the graveyard, modular will put a number of +1/+1 counters on the target artifact creature equal to the number of +1/+1 counters on this creature before it left the battlefield.
- If the target is illegal as the activated ability tries to resolve, perhaps because it was removed from combat, no damage will be dealt.
Prices
MTGO price: 0.003 TIX, the cheapest non-foil print (average sell price on GoatBots, 1 Nov 2026).
Combos
3 combos, the most popular first:
- Infinite artifact ETB, Infinite artifact LTB…: Arcbound Javelineer + Eirdu, Carrier of Dawn // Isilu, Carrier of Twilight
- Infinite artifact ETB, Infinite artifact LTB…: Arcbound Javelineer + Deadeye Navigator + The Ooze + Urza, Lord High Artificer
- Infinite death triggers, Infinite creature ETB…: Arcbound Javelineer + Koll, the Forgemaster + Phyrexian Altar + Veteran's Armaments